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Anonymous
February 24, 2010
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Windows 7 doesn't display pdf properties

  • February 24, 2010
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Windows 7 doesn't display pdf properties/metadata, like title, comments, author, subject etc. This was a great feature in XP. Anybody know a workaround?

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    koenweterings
    Participant
    July 2, 2010

    On this site is explained how to display the pdf properties in windows 7 explorer.

    http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7files/thread/203b60ca-b773-4931-85ad-a5e67656d6ce

    steps:

    1. open the file explorer in windows7
    2. select libraries from the left navigation bar
    3. right click on the libraries heading.
    4. select "new" > "library"
    5. give the library a name e.g. "sales orders".
    6. press the button "include new folder" to select the folder where the pdf files are in. e.g. "D:\files\sales\orders\"
    7. select (top-right) "arange by" and select e.g. "name".
    8. you should now be able to see the pdf properties (don't forget to enable the subject etc. collums)

    See picture..

    Good luck!!

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    JimPasadena
    Participant
    July 9, 2010

    Thank you

    This works great if the organization uses only Windows 7 and all files are on an indexed location. However, some in my company use Windows Vista and we just moved the files to a server on which the files are not indexed.

    This ought to be more simple than it is considering PDF format is the most widely used document sharing format.

    Jim

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    koenweterings
    Participant
    July 12, 2010

    Hi Jim,

    The answer I gave you is the only "solution" to be able to see PDF properties in WINDOWS7 that I am familiar with at the moment. As you said, it's helpfull if you use Windows7 and files locations are indexed. I will post a message when I discover solutions which are suitable for your specific situation (use with various operating systems on a non-indexed fileserver)

    Success!

    Greets,

    Koen.

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    Anonymous
    February 25, 2010

    Has no one else had a problem

    with this? Discovered a workaround?


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    Bill12
    Inspiring
    February 26, 2010

    Have not seen the problem. It could be that you are not using AA9.3 in Win7 and that is the issue. You did not indicate your version.

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    Anonymous
    February 26, 2010

    I've been running Acrobat 8, but I just tried creating pdfs with 9.3, verifying the pdf version (1.7 extension level 3), but get the same results. Maybe I didn't explain the issue very well: the problem is in the Windows 7 file explorer. I can add all the properties columns, and I can view/change properties for Excel, Word, etc. But for pdfs I can only view/change properties from within Acrobat. And they still don't show up in the windows browser. The ability to view the properties for all documents in a directory is critical for our work process, but we seem to have lost that in Windows 7. I've attached a screenshot that shows properties for some file types, but not shown for pdf files.

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