What is it about folder details (view>choose details) that makes it so short sighted (ie; turning a blind eye)? Regardless of one's preferred choice of details for media files (excluding the fully abled wmv and avi files), Windows has effectually castrated most all of the other file details (duration, etc). Understandable when details are not in them, but as this is not the case (ie; applications detect the blind-sided Windows details), so how can users re-enable optioned Windows details of these other files (vob, mpg, etc.)? Maybe I've missed something in the use of files, or is Windows permanantly paralyzed and can't possibly list the available details of but two types of media, the result being an incurable genetic curse of proprietary interest? There must be a way to re-connect amputated details of media files, but is Windows so afflicted as to require cructhes (scripting) for each and every such file's many disabled details or is there an actual cure for this kind of cyber polio? Regards and hap-e-trails, Steve Hopper

Steve Hopper, not too sure I understand your question. I think your problem is that folder attributes won't become permanent. Instead, they revert to the Windows default. Correct? If that's the deal, get things the way you like and close using the 'file' commands rather than the handier 'X' (only needs to be done once). That forces Windows to 'remember' settings and use them next time. If that's not your query, re-post, but dumb it down for those of us with limited vocabularies. HTH. Ed in Texas.

Thanks for replying. Windows folder view detail options for video files are nearly crippled completely for all but wmv and avi files. Only wmv and avi files list duration, size, etc. Opted folder view column details for all other media files do not list most opted column details. This is not some issue involving something that can't be done, it's an issue with Windows, XP Home and/or SP2. Surely someone's got a workaround for it, no? Regards and hap-e-trails, Steve Hopper

Hmm, I can see the problem. If you enter proberties for a mpg movie, you'll find things like title and artist in the document info, but for an avi file there will be only such as resolution, dataspeed and other technical data. To fix this you need to program a script that allows other details in "document info" for those files. -------------------- Thor Byrgesen: The one, oh the one computers and all electronics just hate.

'Gspot' is a pretty good application for getting information about video files.

Thanks for replies. Where can one find such a script? Would such a script be required for each disabled video xtn, or maybe one script could serve for vob, mpg, mpeg, flv, etc.? As for G'Spot, that workaround is no better than opening WMP, WMPC or other prog for accessing the info that should list in Windows file column views. Regards and hap-e-trails, Steve Hopper