Vista - Choosing what tags Details Pane shows

Hi,

I have the Details Pane switched on when looking through folders. I have
it's height set to small, and under this view, the bit rate of mp3's is not
shown.

I was wondering if it was possible to customise what properties tags the
Details Pane shows for a file. When the pane is set to small, genre and
rating (two tags I never use) are shown for mp3's, but bit rate isn't. Is
there a way to change this?

Thanks!

Right click on the column headers (where the names of the tags are, like
"size," "date modified," etc.)


"John" <John@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I tried that, but all that came up was an option to resize the pane, an
option to hide the pane, and an option to remove the properties on the file
itself. There was nothing where you can add a currently hidden tag.

"DP" wrote:

No. Wrong place. You're clicking in that big broad area at the bottom of
the window.
I'm talking about something near the top. Click on the horizontal bar that
contains the column headings, such as Name (meaninge file name), and, as in
the examply you cited below, Genre and Rating.
When you right-click on that, it opens a list of colum headers you can and
uncheck, plus a "more" option to open a whole bunch of additional possible
column headers.
If that's still not clear to you, post your email address and I'll send you
a screen grab.


"John" <John@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi John,

In the registry, under the key:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.mp3]

you want to rearrange the entries found in the data for 'PreviewDetails'

The best way to do this is to export the key, right-click the exported file
& select 'Edit', arrange the tag orders to your liking, save the file &
merge it back into the registry.

Here is the entry after 'Genre' & 'Rating' were moved to the end and
'Bitrate' brought forward to follow 'Length'. Though it's sure to wrap in
this message, the following is all one text line:

"PreviewDetails"="prop:System.Music.Artist;System.Music.AlbumTitle;*System.Media.Duration;*System.Audio.EncodingBitrate;System.Media.Year;*System.Size;System.Music.TrackNumber;System.Music.AlbumArtist;System.Title;*System.DateModified;System.Keywords;System.ParentalRating;*System.OfflineAvailability;*System.OfflineStatus;*System.DateCreated;*System.SharedWith";System.Music.Genre;System.Rating


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"John" <John@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I apologize. I misunderstood your question, John.

I thought you were trying to change what column headings appeared in the
folder.

Sorry.


" Keith Miller (MVP)" <k.miller@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Keith, that's done it! And very useful to know how to change any
information in the preview pane too, thanks for the help.

John

"Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:

You're welcome. I didn't know the answer when you posted this. Thanks for
one of those fun questions that got me poking around and learning something
new in the process.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



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