FSUTIL needs elevation for sure creating symbolic links too just dont remember about MKLINK /H (In Win10 those things can be done as a restricted user) Not sure (can't test right now) but I thought that you need to be an administrator in Windows 7 to create/delete hardlinks. You can create a hardlink (=tag) to a file that is in use (loaded in memory), but as long as that file is in use, you cant remove the hardlink. So, if you move or copy a file from C: to D:, the new file will no longer have a tag /hardlink. Hardlinks always have to be on the same volume ("driveletter") as the file it points to. ) No tagging possible for files on CD-ROMs No harlinks kn remote filesystems (\\server\share or Z \. DFS (Distributed FileSystem) does not support hardlinks. In Windows, hardlinks are only supported on local NTFS filesystems. What is the best method for Tags, whether it is hardlinks or another method, it needs more discussion.ĭon't think using hardlinks for tagging is the ultimate solution (it just fulfilled your requirements, that's the only reason why I mentioned it :- ) This info shouldn't travel without permission. Tags will be used for Personal information, keywords added (Personal customization). This info travel with the file from PC to another PC. Properties should be edited at the first days of the creation of the file, before its publication, and will include all the info the creator of the file wants to attached to it for whole file life. What should be done, IMHO, is to leave Properties at their place, and move/take out the tags to be managed by database or other method. Mainly because when the user make personal tagging it is changing the binary code of the file. They took Tags and insert it to Metadata/Properties. I think Microsoft leaded to a confusion when they decided to join together 2 different things. I will use your terminology: Metadata (properties, technical information) and Tags (Personal). So I'll take this opportunity here to write about it. I wanted to write, but it did not happen. NotNull wrote:Difference metadata / tags (my opinion)Ĭouple months ago I came to the same conclusion and I wanted to open a new Thread about it. In case of Everything: Use an existing system or create /maintain a system (import tags from other sytems?) Tagging files where you don't have write access to (Windows, Program Files, read-only files.) Reading "just-in-time" or reading from database. Speed of tagging (one-time operation) vs speed of reading tags. Is everyone allowed to read all tags? Could contain sensitiive data (tags: "todo" "fire John") Perspective: One's outgoing label is another one's incoming Tags "My little sister","me" vs "My big brother","me" Scenarios to consider: some common file manipulations (CRUD) Universal frontend to access different styles (see above) of tags. save tags in a tag-file in the folder of the file save tags in an alternate datastream of the file Tags: Personal information, keywords added Metadata: properties of the document, like resolution, bitrate. Just press my hotkey and type in the file I want.Ĭode: Select all Ways to tag /use metadata With everything I don't use explorer any more. That plus Everything's speedy search would mean the world to me. Just a tagging system very similar to explorer folders but that allows a file to be in more than one "folder" at a time. The best would be something simple as is "Everything". **Actually, the best I could find worked great but it put the tags in the FILENAMES! DDD:ĭSC003.jpg became something like DSC003.jpg I also tried a few others that I don't remember their names, sorry :/ I feel tabbles focused too much on making it look nice and that made it slow in code performance and in usability performance. I tried Tabbles and it was the best** I could find but I found it too bloated / heavy, doesn't track file changes when they move / are deleted. I'm curious: what alternatives did you try and why weren't they what you were looking for? Phlfm wrote:I have tried many tagging alternatives but none of them are satisfactory.
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