Vista - File title author info in Windows Explorer

Hi,

I recently moved from WinXP and Win Vista (business version). In
Vista, I found that Windows Explorer stops showing the title, author
and other information of a PDF file (which is usually stored in the
document property of a PDF file, and can be accessed by Ctrl-D after
the PDF file is opened in Acrobat or Adobe Reader). In WinXP, if
Adobe reader (>7.0) is installed, the same information will be shown
in Windows Explorer as if they were provided in Properties when right-
click the file name. In Vista, however, such information is not
provided any more for files except for image files. Does anybody know
how do make the explorer behaves like in XP to show title and author
information for PDF files?. This feature of showing title, author and
other information of a PDF file in Windows explorer is very important
for me to manage my PDF files. I hope it is still doable. Otherwise, I
will damn Vista!

Paul.

Adobe 8.01 is the first version that is truly compatible with Vista. I
suggest you change to that version. It solved all of my similar problems.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



<paulaugust2003@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1184471584.980633.8910@m3g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I recently moved from WinXP and Win Vista (business version). In
> Vista, I found that Windows Explorer stops showing the title, author
> and other information of a PDF file (which is usually stored in the
> document property of a PDF file, and can be accessed by Ctrl-D after
> the PDF file is opened in Acrobat or Adobe Reader). In WinXP, if
> Adobe reader (>7.0) is installed, the same information will be shown
> in Windows Explorer as if they were provided in Properties when right-
> click the file name. In Vista, however, such information is not
> provided any more for files except for image files. Does anybody know
> how do make the explorer behaves like in XP to show title and author
> information for PDF files?. This feature of showing title, author and
> other information of a PDF file in Windows explorer is very important
> for me to manage my PDF files. I hope it is still doable. Otherwise, I
> will damn Vista!
>
> Paul.
>

Uncheck Adobe Photoshop® Album Starter Edition, then click the Continue
button:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Adobe Reader 8.1 will provide the Properties tab that you want.


<paulaugust2003@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1184471584.980633.8910@m3g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I recently moved from WinXP and Win Vista (business version). In
> Vista, I found that Windows Explorer stops showing the title, author
> and other information of a PDF file (which is usually stored in the
> document property of a PDF file, and can be accessed by Ctrl-D after
> the PDF file is opened in Acrobat or Adobe Reader). In WinXP, if
> Adobe reader (>7.0) is installed, the same information will be shown
> in Windows Explorer as if they were provided in Properties when right-
> click the file name. In Vista, however, such information is not
> provided any more for files except for image files. Does anybody know
> how do make the explorer behaves like in XP to show title and author
> information for PDF files?. This feature of showing title, author and
> other information of a PDF file in Windows explorer is very important
> for me to manage my PDF files. I hope it is still doable. Otherwise, I
> will damn Vista!
>
> Paul.
>

Many thanks to Richard Urban and dean-dean for your solution to my
problem. However, I must have missed something obvious: the solution
does not seem working for me. Since I got a new machine, the Adobe
Reader is version 8.1.0. But the title and author column are still
empty in Windows Explorer for a PDF file with title and author
information provided. If I right click the PDF file name and go to
Properties -> Details, it only shows Name, Type, Folder path, Size,
Date created, Date modified, Attributes, Owner, and Computer, and
there is no place to expand this list. I uninstalled Adobe Reader,
downloaded the latest version from the link provided in dean-dean's
message, and installed it on the machine. I even tried Help -> Check
for Updates... in Adobe Reader to make sure I got the latest version.
But the new installation has no effect at all and I still got the same
result. Any hints?

Paul.

Paul,
I have exactly the same question as you. I don't have the solution yet, but
I noticed something:
The data we put in "Title", "Authors" are still there, it's just that Vista
doesn't show them when you open up an explorer to browse the folder Now if
you "Search" that folder by Title or Author etc they will eventually appear.
(remember to change the view to Detailed List"

All my pdf files are organized by the Title and Author properties(or
metadata?) too. I hate the "search" concept. I know exactly where I put my
PDF files and don't need to search! I just want to be able to browse the
folder with the Title and Author properties displayed properly.
Help!
"paulaugust2003@yahoo.com" wrote:

> Many thanks to Richard Urban and dean-dean for your solution to my
> problem. However, I must have missed something obvious: the solution
> does not seem working for me. Since I got a new machine, the Adobe
> Reader is version 8.1.0. But the title and author column are still
> empty in Windows Explorer for a PDF file with title and author
> information provided. If I right click the PDF file name and go to
> Properties -> Details, it only shows Name, Type, Folder path, Size,
> Date created, Date modified, Attributes, Owner, and Computer, and
> there is no place to expand this list. I uninstalled Adobe Reader,
> downloaded the latest version from the link provided in dean-dean's
> message, and installed it on the machine. I even tried Help -> Check
> for Updates... in Adobe Reader to make sure I got the latest version.
> But the new installation has no effect at all and I still got the same
> result. Any hints?
>
> Paul.
>
>

For whatever reason, and I tried to download all messages, I can't see all
of this thread. I didn't get to read Dean Dean or Richard's solution to
your problem or the OP. I've noticed with explorer folders in Vista that
to get access to all the choices of "headings," and there are over 100, that
you can select the categories by either

1) Selecting View on the toolbar (not "Views") (make sure you've selected
layout>menu bar first)>sort by/group by/stack by/or choose details>More and
then you can select title and authors.

2) You can right click any heading you've chosen>select title/authors on the
right click context menu.

I must be missing what you're trying to do because this seems too simple.

The are shown every time I open up a folder once selected.

CH

"huan" <huan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E0830BBB-57BD-47AB-9640-9B3D8832417C@microsoft.com...
> Paul,
> I have exactly the same question as you. I don't have the solution yet,
> but
> I noticed something:
> The data we put in "Title", "Authors" are still there, it's just that
> Vista
> doesn't show them when you open up an explorer to browse the folder Now
> if
> you "Search" that folder by Title or Author etc they will eventually
> appear.
> (remember to change the view to Detailed List"
>
> All my pdf files are organized by the Title and Author properties(or
> metadata?) too. I hate the "search" concept. I know exactly where I put my
> PDF files and don't need to search! I just want to be able to browse the
> folder with the Title and Author properties displayed properly.
> Help!
> "paulaugust2003@yahoo.com" wrote:
>
>> Many thanks to Richard Urban and dean-dean for your solution to my
>> problem. However, I must have missed something obvious: the solution
>> does not seem working for me. Since I got a new machine, the Adobe
>> Reader is version 8.1.0. But the title and author column are still
>> empty in Windows Explorer for a PDF file with title and author
>> information provided. If I right click the PDF file name and go to
>> Properties -> Details, it only shows Name, Type, Folder path, Size,
>> Date created, Date modified, Attributes, Owner, and Computer, and
>> there is no place to expand this list. I uninstalled Adobe Reader,
>> downloaded the latest version from the link provided in dean-dean's
>> message, and installed it on the machine. I even tried Help -> Check
>> for Updates... in Adobe Reader to make sure I got the latest version.
>> But the new installation has no effect at all and I still got the same
>> result. Any hints?
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>>

Chad,

Your way will show the Title, Author, Subject columns indeed, but they will
be EMPTY!!. For those who don't type in Title authors for their pdf files,
it's obviously not a problem. But for me, the title and authors info, which I
keyed in myself, is very important, not just the file name.

I'm trying to ask Microsoft but it doesn't want to support OEM Vista.