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Read/Write 'Extended' file properties (C#)

Does anyone know how to read information in a file's summary tab using C#? Summary tab: Right click on file, then "Summary"

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  • Does not seem duplicate. The thread you mentioned is specific to media files whereas OP seems to be asking about any general file. – Vijay Gill Aug 05 '11 at 15:49
  • For which kind of file? (Btw Vijay, there is no Summary tab for 'any general file') – Kieren Johnstone Aug 05 '11 at 15:51
  • when I said 'any general file' I meant any file - txt/bmp/wav/doc/xls/any type you can think of. And on my machine 'Summary' tab is shown for all the files even their type is not registered. – Vijay Gill Aug 05 '11 at 15:55
  • @art (the OP): the 'Summary' you see in explorer gets data from the files in one of the following methods: 1 - File Streams: NTFS feature. 2-> some COM magic (e.g. MS Office files) where explorer uses some COM server to provide that data by reading information from the file itself (e.g Title, Author etc are stored within files created by MS Word). – Vijay Gill Aug 05 '11 at 16:01

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