


The HTML Report menu item saves a copy of the selected property or all properties, and opens the saved file in your web browser. If you just want to copy the property to the clipboard, there is a shortcut for that in the right-click menu. The context menu also has options to save a selected property to a document, and you can choose from TXT, Tab Delimited Text, JSON, Comma Delimited CSV, HTM or HTML (Horizontal/Vertical) and XML formats. The "Open Microsoft Web Page" option in the program's context menu loads a new tab in your browser where you can learn more about the selected attribute. The "Keep Filename Time on Property Change" preserves the original date and time of the file whose property you edited. The Options menu has one additional setting that you can use. Trouble finding the property you want to edit? Hit Ctrl + F or the "Find" icon on the toolbar or the Edit menu to quickly search for a specific attribute. The value has to be entered manually and differs based on the selected property's type. The options listed here are the Canonical Names.

If you're creating a new property, you can use the drop-down menu in this window to select the property name. This pop-up window has two options: Property Name and Property Value. Double-clicking a line also brings the property editor into view or you can use the keyboard shortcut Control + N. Use this to add, edit or remove a property. Right-click anywhere in the properties pane to view the built-in context menu. Or toggle the Mark Odd/Even rows option, which in my opinion is better than the grid view. The Show Time in GMT setting is useful for displaying the timestamp of the edited file in GMT, instead of the program's method of converting them to your local timezone.Įnable the "Grid Lines" to improve the readbility of the properties. The Options menu has a toggle to display only the properties that are editable. The View menu houses a columns editor that has toggles for each column, and also lets you rearrange them. Hit the F8 key or the Go button to view the information of the selected file or window.Įleven columns are displayed in the property pane: Canonical Name, Display Name, Formatted Value, Raw Value, Read Only, Viewable, Property Type, Multiple Values, Property Key, Enum List and Index.Ĭlick on the name of a column to sort it in ascending or descending order. The third option in the menu lists all properties available on your computer. This will load the targeted application's window handle. To view the properties of an application that's running, click on the "crosshair" icon and drag it onto the window of the program. The program also supports drag-and-drop, so you can use it to load a file quickly. The first of these is the "Load properties of the following path" to use this click on the three-dot button to navigate to the folder where the file that you want to view is located. The drop-down menu located near the toolbar has three options to view the properties. The large blank area of the window is the properties pane where the various attributes of the selected file are displayed. This can be useful if you want to preserve or add some metadata like Last Saved Date, Author or EXIF information.Ī menu bar is located at the top with a toolbar just below it. It provides a way to view the file attributes used by Windows' properties system. But, it can do more than just viewing the Properties as it allows you to modify them.
