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  • Files descrition to files comment field

    From JJ@21:1/5 to Ralf Brinkmann on Sat Jan 30 22:56:14 2016
    On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:33:47 +0100, Ralf Brinkmann wrote:
    Hi everybody and happy New Year!

    I am sure here are still some 4DOS/4NT/TCC/JP-Soft fans.

    How can I get my files descriptions from my old FILES.BBS to the comment fields of the files, so that I can also see this description in the
    normal Windows Explorer (W10x64) or any other file manager and what must
    I change in the TCMD.INI?

    I have just updated to TCCLE 14x64, but didn't use the command line very often the last years. So I forgot a lot.

    Gru�, Ralf

    To change (not add as an alternative to "DESCRIPT.ION") the default file description's file name, change the INI key name "DescriptionName" under
    these INI sections:

    "[TackeCommand]" for Take Command
    "[4NT]" for 4NT / TCC
    "[4DOS]" for 4DOS

    TakeCommand/TCC/4NT/4DOS do *not* provide file description capability to
    other softwares.

    For Windows built in Windows Explorer, you'll have to install a shell
    extension that provide file description in form of a custom Explorer view column, and/or a new tab on a file/folder property sheet dialog.

    Third party file managers will have to implement it themselves either by utilizing shell extensions, or by using their own implementation, or combination of both.

    Total Commander supports file descriptions without using any plugin but it's not free.

    For the free ones (also without any plugin), you can try FreeCommander,
    Unreal Commander, or Double Commander. These aren't Explorer based file
    manager so the file list don't look or work like Explorer.

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  • From Ralf Brinkmann@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 29 14:33:47 2016
    Hi everybody and happy New Year!

    I am sure here are still some 4DOS/4NT/TCC/JP-Soft fans.

    How can I get my files descriptions from my old FILES.BBS to the comment
    fields of the files, so that I can also see this description in the
    normal Windows Explorer (W10x64) or any other file manager and what must
    I change in the TCMD.INI?

    I have just updated to TCCLE 14x64, but didn't use the command line very
    often the last years. So I forgot a lot.

    Gru�, Ralf
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    Windows 10x64
    Opera 36.x
    The Bat! Pro 7.1.x

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  • From Klaus Meinhard@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 1 11:44:41 2016
    Hallo Ralf Brinkmann,

    How can I get my files descriptions from my old FILES.BBS to the
    comment fields of the files, so that I can also see this description
    in the normal Windows Explorer (W10x64) or any other file manager and
    what must I change in the TCMD.INI?

    From the Take Command 19 Help file:

    NTFS Descriptions : If set, Take Command uses the Comments field in the
    NTFS SummaryInformation stream for each file to hold its description,
    instead of the DESCRIPT.ION file. The advantages are that the
    description will always remain with the file regardless of what program
    copies, moves, or renames it. The disadvantage is that you cannot attach
    a description to directories.

    I don't know if tzhis already exists in TCC/LE.


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    Herzliche Gr��e,

    * Klaus Meinhard *

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  • From Ralf Brinkmann@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 1 12:20:32 2016
    Hallo Klaus!

    *Klaus Meinhard*:

    From the Take Command 19 Help file:

    NTFS Descriptions : If set, Take Command uses the Comments field in the
    NTFS SummaryInformation stream for each file to hold its description,
    instead of the DESCRIPT.ION file. The advantages are that the
    description will always remain with the file regardless of what program copies, moves, or renames it. The disadvantage is that you cannot attach
    a description to directories.

    I don't know if tzhis already exists in TCC/LE.

    Oh, da ist ja noch einer! Ich bin so gl�cklich!

    Ok, English:

    I have installed the newest version of TCC/LE. The descriptions are
    visible in the commandline screen (TCC/LE), if given. But I don't know,
    how to move the descriptions from the old files (FILES.BBS instead of DESCRIPT.ION) to the respective comment fields. And I don't know which
    comment fields these are. I have tried to switch "Kommentare" as visible element in Windows Explorer and XYplorer on, to see my descriptions, but nothing is visible. If I open the properties of a file (CTRL-ENTER) and
    add a description in "Details" => "Kommentar", then I can see it in
    TCC/LE. This is not exactely what I wanted.

    Do you or anybody else have an idea? Whom could I ask?

    Gru�, Ralf
    --
    Windows 10x64
    Opera 36.x
    The Bat! Pro 7.1.x

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