Vista Tags?

I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store a lot
of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that will allow me
to tag my PDF files as well?

I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up short
so far.

Richard

Select the PDF files in Windows Explorer, and add the tags in the Properties
bar at the bottome of the window.
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"Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
news:798FE2D5-2699-459F-8255-...
>I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store a lot
>of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that will allow
>me to tag my PDF files as well?
>
> I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up
> short so far.
>
> Richard

My bad, just checked in Vista, not supported. Apologies.
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Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
news:798FE2D5-2699-459F-8255-...
>I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store a lot
>of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that will allow
>me to tag my PDF files as well?
>
> I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up
> short so far.
>
> Richard

No worries....hence my problem :-)

I thought I read somewhere about a shell extension that might support this,
but I haven't been able to find that information since.

Richard

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My bad, just checked in Vista, not supported. Apologies.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
> news:798FE2D5-2699-459F-8255-...
>>I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store a
>>lot of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that will
>>allow me to tag my PDF files as well?
>>
>> I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up
>> short so far.
>>
>> Richard
>
>

The problem with tagging all files is that not all files support metadata of
this type. Since PDF is one that doesn't, you won't find a first party
solution.

That's not to say that a third party can't build some type of database to
store tags for file types that don't support tagging, but it'll be a bit of
a kludge solution.

rtk

"Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
news:717DB802-50BB-448D-AAF7-...
> No worries....hence my problem :-)
>
> I thought I read somewhere about a shell extension that might support
> this, but I haven't been able to find that information since.
>
> Richard
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> My bad, just checked in Vista, not supported. Apologies.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
>> news:798FE2D5-2699-459F-8255-...
>>>I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store a
>>>lot of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that will
>>>allow me to tag my PDF files as well?
>>>
>>> I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up
>>> short so far.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>
>>

Yes another thing vista should have gotten right and all it did was rotten
bad

Here are 2 things that you might find handy though

this makes windows desktop search index the PDF's
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/

and

http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive.../27/14001.aspx


"rtk" <> wrote in message
news:2A333B76-F087-471F-A6FE-...
> The problem with tagging all files is that not all files support metadata
> of this type. Since PDF is one that doesn't, you won't find a first party
> solution.
>
> That's not to say that a third party can't build some type of database to
> store tags for file types that don't support tagging, but it'll be a bit
> of a kludge solution.
>
> rtk
>
> "Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
> news:717DB802-50BB-448D-AAF7-...
>> No worries....hence my problem :-)
>>
>> I thought I read somewhere about a shell extension that might support
>> this, but I haven't been able to find that information since.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> My bad, just checked in Vista, not supported. Apologies.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>>> "Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
>>> news:798FE2D5-2699-459F-8255-...
>>>>I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store a
>>>>lot of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that will
>>>>allow me to tag my PDF files as well?
>>>>
>>>> I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up
>>>> short so far.
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>
>>>

Yes another thing vista should have gotten right and all it did was rotten
bad

Here are 2 things that you might find handy though

this makes windows desktop search index the PDF's
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/

and

http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive.../27/14001.aspx



"Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
news:798FE2D5-2699-459F-8255-...
>I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store a lot
>of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that will allow
>me to tag my PDF files as well?
>
> I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up
> short so far.
>
> Richard

Hi Richard,

Thank you for posting here!

As other MVPs said, Windows Vista do not support tagging the PDF file. I
think you may install the 3rd party software Adobe Reader. It will add a
PDF tab in the file properties. Then you can add the keywords via the
software as a workaround.

Also to facilitate the management of the PDF files, you may download
desktop search add-ins for Windows Vista to index even more file types,
such as Adobe .pdf files, Lotus Notes e-mail, and ZIP folders. Then you
will search and manage these files (such as PDF files) more conveniently.

For more information, you may refer:
Windows Search:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...rch/choose/win
dowsvista.mspx

Add tags or other properties to a file
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...acc-4a88-bb01-
43dc816ad3821033.mspx

I hope that the above information can be of assistance.

Peter Jiao
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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What? MS should have fundamentally altered every file type that doesn't
support tagging?

For PDF, I guess you need to whine at adobe.

"Tie Various" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yes another thing vista should have gotten right and all it did was rotten
> bad
>
> Here are 2 things that you might find handy though
>
> this makes windows desktop search index the PDF's
> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/
>
> and
>
> http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive.../27/14001.aspx
>
>
> "rtk" <> wrote in message
> news:2A333B76-F087-471F-A6FE-...
>> The problem with tagging all files is that not all files support metadata
>> of this type. Since PDF is one that doesn't, you won't find a first
>> party solution.
>>
>> That's not to say that a third party can't build some type of database to
>> store tags for file types that don't support tagging, but it'll be a bit
>> of a kludge solution.
>>
>> rtk
>>
>> "Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
>> news:717DB802-50BB-448D-AAF7-...
>>> No worries....hence my problem :-)
>>>
>>> I thought I read somewhere about a shell extension that might support
>>> this, but I haven't been able to find that information since.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> My bad, just checked in Vista, not supported. Apologies.
>>>> --
>>>> Andre
>>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>>>> "Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:798FE2D5-2699-459F-8255-...
>>>>>I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store a
>>>>>lot of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that will
>>>>>allow me to tag my PDF files as well?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up
>>>>> short so far.
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>
>

no.. MS should have made a database that would retain meta data even for
files that do not retain this kind of informations themeseves....
A database that would be exportable preferably in an open source format like
xml.

this file database was one of the things I believe that was planned for
longhorn (beta of vista) but was droped
along with many features that would make vista a real update to XP.


"rtk" <> wrote in message
news:6E5FC511-F626-4C66-AD43-...
> What? MS should have fundamentally altered every file type that doesn't
> support tagging?
>
> For PDF, I guess you need to whine at adobe.
>
> "Tie Various" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Yes another thing vista should have gotten right and all it did was
>> rotten bad
>>
>> Here are 2 things that you might find handy though
>>
>> this makes windows desktop search index the PDF's
>> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter/
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive.../27/14001.aspx
>>
>>
>> "rtk" <> wrote in message
>> news:2A333B76-F087-471F-A6FE-...
>>> The problem with tagging all files is that not all files support
>>> metadata of this type. Since PDF is one that doesn't, you won't find a
>>> first party solution.
>>>
>>> That's not to say that a third party can't build some type of database
>>> to store tags for file types that don't support tagging, but it'll be a
>>> bit of a kludge solution.
>>>
>>> rtk
>>>
>>> "Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
>>> news:717DB802-50BB-448D-AAF7-...
>>>> No worries....hence my problem :-)
>>>>
>>>> I thought I read somewhere about a shell extension that might support
>>>> this, but I haven't been able to find that information since.
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> My bad, just checked in Vista, not supported. Apologies.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Andre
>>>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>>>>> "Richard Perry" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:798FE2D5-2699-459F-8255-...
>>>>>>I am trying to get into using tags as my new file system, but I store
>>>>>>a lot of PDF files. Is there any extension, or upcoming support that
>>>>>>will allow me to tag my PDF files as well?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been scouring the net looking for anything, but I have come up
>>>>>> short so far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>>