Remember What Files Are For What
If you're like most PC users you have thousands of files all over your computer in different directories. When it comes time to do maintenance on your PC and clean up some of those files you probably don't remember what is what. In fact I know myself that I will download a bunch of utility programs and have no idea what they are for. Here is a tip that will allow you to recall what those files are month or years down the line. *Keep in mind this is a pro-active tip.
In this instance I downloaded System Information for Windows v1.70 which is an executable file. Well, what if I forget what the heck it is? Just right click on the program icon \ Properties \ Summary. Now enter in relevant information regarding the program click Apply then OK.
Now when you go back to that program you will have detail on what it is. This will work with PDF, Excel, Word, Text files, etc. You can even write a reminder in the "summary" field for a shortcut as shown below.
What type of organization tips do you use to keep track of all your documents?
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i was only able to try this now, but i can't seem to find the 'summary' tab in any of the properties of any file. how do i make the 'summary' tab show?
In Windows XP the summery tab appeared for many different files and stored the data in NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS).
Due to the fact that the NTFS ADS Info couldn't transfer to other file systems and thus not a reliable method of keeping information about an object Windows Vista stores the information inside the actual file.
Unfortunately, that method isn't supported for as many file types.
Some of those types include JPEG images, MPG and WMA audio.
It does not include exe, zip, mov, mpg and other types that it would be helpful to add extra information to.