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If you locally save a HTML page using Firefox or MS Internet Explorer you will get a HTML file and a sidecar folder containing images that belongs to the page.

If you move the HTML file using Windows Explorer the related sidecar folder is moved, too.

I want to implement a similar behavior for xmp - sidecar files that belongs to Jpeg images and contains information about the picture similar to exif.

Example:
Using Windows Explorer, if I move test.html to a different directory the sidecar folder test-dateien is moved, too (on a German Windows 7)

I want to implement similar: if I move test.jpg I also want to move test.xmp.

Does anybody know how this can be done?
Is there already a solution for this?
Can this be done with a kind of plug-in?
Do I have to implement a service?
Can this be done in C#/.Net?

[Update: added the Microsoft term "connected files" to title]

shA.t
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  • Until I read your question, I didn't know it did this (I usually save MHT's) but now I really would like to know how it's done too! I can't see anything obvious in the shell functions. Keeping an eye on this one now :-) – Roger Rowland Jun 15 '13 at 10:36
  • From [reading this](http://windowsitpro.com/windows/jsi-tip-3841-what-windows-2000-connected-file-feature) it seems you just have to create a subfolder with the same name as the file but with "_files" (or language equivalent) appended (but this is HTML only). [MSDN link here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776887(VS.85).aspx#connected) – Roger Rowland Jun 15 '13 at 10:43
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    Unfortunately the xmp-sidecarefile-standard does not follow microsofts implementation. I am using exiftools and JPhotoTagger that depend on xmp and its filenamingconvention. Tanks a lot for the links and the new vocabulary "Connected Files" that may be usefull for further research. – k3b Jun 15 '13 at 11:07

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I issued a bounty that attracted many readers but there is no answer how to implement it. :-(

So i assume that this is not possible.

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