I need to know how to add comments to folders e.g. so when a user looks at a folder they can see a description of what is in that folder as per the description in the control panel. Thanks

You can't add comments to folders. You can name a folder and give it a customized icon.

Hi, You can add a detailed explanation about the folder's contents to the pop-up by creating a Desktop.ini file, which is a straight text file, and adding a special entry to it 1.Right-click the folder and select Properties. 2.From the Properties dialog box, select the Customize tab, and then click the Change Icon button. 3.In the Change Icon dialog box, select an icon from the selections and click OK. (Note:this step is necessary, you can change it back after adding commends to folders.) 4.Click OK to close the Properties dialog box. 5.Open the folder, locate the Desktop.ini file, and double-click it. (If it is not existing, create one manually.) 6.Add InfoTip= to the end of the Desktop.ini file. 7.Type your detailed description immediately after the = sign. 8.Go to File | Save and close Notepad. You'll see your detailed pop-up description the next time you mouse over that folder. Regards,Magon Liu - MSFT

The same information in the InfoTip pop-up will display in the comments column if you add it to your Explorer view. Bret

I tried this, carefully reading and re-reading the instructions at each step, but when I was finished I couldn't see a detailed pop-up description when I moused over the folder. Is there any possibility that some crucial step has been left out of this description, possibly a step that is obvious to you, a skilled computer user, but not obvious to the less skilled ? Patrick