[python-win32] Re: filling Windows properties "Summary" tab?

[Roger Upole]

"RayS" wrote:

> Hi Roger,
>
> At 11:23 AM 6/28/2005, Roger Upole wrote:
>>On NTFS 5 (Win2k or later),  you can add Summary info to any file,
>>and it's stored in alternate data streams.  However, if you copy the
>>file to a filesystem that doesn't support alternate data streams, the
>>properties are lost.
>
> I had also found that if I create them on Win2000 and copy to XP they are 
> lost...
>
> Ray

How are you copying them ?  Some means of copying files don't bring along
alternate data streams.  For example, shutil.copyfile doesn't.

Also, are you sure the volume to which the files are being copied is
NTFS 5 ?

       Roger