tag file win7 Categorize files folders win7

[espanico]

Hi, In Windows XP, there was the possibility to group files in the category, in windows 7 it seems that this feature is not present. Do you know if something arises to change via the registry or whatever, you can regain this feature?

Here is a practical example, wiew from Win XP:

View from windows 7:

Sorry for my English :blush:

[Max Norris]

It's still there. View->Group by->More, enable whatever columns you want (including categories), then View->Group By->Categories

[espanico]

Thank you for the answer, but on XP you could also apply tags to files .txt and pdf of win7 seems not. I hope I'm wrong: D

[Max Norris]

Thank you for the answer, but on XP you could also apply tags to files .txt and pdf of win7 seems not. I hope I'm wrong

If I remember XP right, it kept its metadata in a separate database instead of the file itself, so you could tag anything and everything. Somewhat convenient, but personally a bad design decision/tradeoff, since that metadata is stored on a local database you won't be able to read it from other systems/locations, and a complete wreck for a network setup. In Vista and up, Explorer works "the proper way" by reading the actual metadata stored in the file. Plain text files don't have metadata. PDF's do, viewable if your system has a shell extension registered to handle it. Some viewers install one, the smaller/light weight ones don't. I know Acrobat does (adds a PDF tab with metadata, keywords, etc), Sumatra going for very lightweight does not.

[espanico]

ok, for. txt file there is no solution right?

thanks

[Max Norris]

ok, for. txt file there is no solution right?

Right.. plain text files don't have metadata.

[espanico]

ok, you know at least six files can be grouped into groups without applyingany custom metadata?