Identify contents of files in Windows Explorer

Sometimes it's difficult to identify a file's contents through its name - so you end up opening the file to scan the contents. This can be a painful and slow process. Windows explorer has a provision for creating comments against each file. You can use this feature to write a short description of the file's contents.

To do this, in the Windows Explorer folder, click on View - Details. This view allows you to see the various attributes of a file such as Size, Type, Date modified and so on.

To allow comments to be displayed, click on View - Choose Details. In the Window that opens up, select Comments and click OK. The comments field will now be displayed in the Windows Explorer folder. You may need to scroll to the extreme right of the folder to see this field. Click and drag it so that it is next to the file name.

For posting comments on any file, right click the file and click on Properties. Click on the summary tab. You will see a text box titled "Comments". Enter the description of the file and click ok.

This comment will now appear next to the file name.