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Asked: 2026-05-26T15:20:11+00:00

I would like to be able to add a custom field to folders in

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I would like to be able to add a custom field to folders in windows 7, and then be able to show that column(field) when viewing the folder in explorer (sort and group etc).

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How can I achieve this? (is there a program I can buy / use or is there a way of doing this in windows 7?)

Example use case: I have folders for each job that I do – I’d like to mark the folder as “pending”, “done” etc. I’m using custom folder markers at the moment – but that’s limited. Having a number of these fields would be really powerful.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Basically, you need to create a new Windows Property. See Windows Property System at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff728898(VS.85).aspx. I do not know of any program that allows you to create properties.

    Moreover, see Creating Custom Properties at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144135(VS.85).aspx.

    Here is an MSDN search for “Windows Property System” to get you started (http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US?query=%22Windows%20Property%20System%22)

    Note, that Windows Runtime (WinRT) will make handling this properties fairly easy.

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