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How to add comments to folders in Windows 11 📂 Quick and Easy

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  1. How to Add Comments to Folders in Windows 11 📝 Just 5 Steps!
  2. 1. Enable File Explorer Comment Column
  3. 2. Show hidden files, folders, and drives.
  4. 3. Choose a different icon for the folder
  5. 4. Add your comment
  6. 5. Restart the Windows Explorer Process
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How to Add Comments to Folders in Windows 11 📝 Just 5 Steps!

Few people know that Windows 11 File Explorer allows you to add comments to folders. Yes! You can add comments to folders in Windows 11 to highlight their purpose. So, if you have hundreds of folders on a hard drive, you should know that you can add comments to folders. Windows 11, you can add comments to make it easier to identify. 📁✨

Although Windows 11 allows Adding comments is not a simple process. You have to follow several complicated steps to do so. Since this process can be extensive, we'll break it down into smaller sections for you. Follow everything we mentioned! 👍

1. Enable File Explorer Comment Column

The first step is to enable the comments column in File Explorer. This column will display the comments you will add to the folder. Here's what you need to do:

1. Open the File Explorer on your Windows PC 11.

2. Go to the directory that contains the folder you want to add a comment to.

3. Right click on the Type column and select Further.

Further

4. Check the box Comments and click on OK.

Comments

You will now see the comments column in the file explorer. Any comments you add will appear in this column.

2. Show hidden files, folders and drives.

After enabling the comment column, you will need to reveal the file desktop.ini from a folder. Follow these steps to display the file desktop.ini and add comments to a folder:

1. Open your PC's file explorer and click on the three dots for more options (three points) at the top.

(three points)

2. In the menu that appears, select Options.

Options

3. In Folder Options, switch to the tab See.

See

4. Now dial Show hidden files, folders and drives.

Show hidden files, folders and drives

5. Uncheck (disable) the option Hide files from operating system protected. Once done, click on Apply.

Hide protected operating system files

3. Choose a different icon for the folder

The next step involves changing the folder icon. This is a very important step, so make sure you change the folder icon as well. 🎨

1. Right click on the folder you want to add a comment to and select Properties.

Properties

2. Switch to the tab Personalize in the folder properties.

Personalize

3. In the folder icons, click Change icon.

Change icon

4. Select a different icon for the folder and click OK.

OK

4. Add your comment

If you followed all the steps carefully, the folder whose icon you changed will have a file desktop.ini. Follow these steps to add a new comment to the folder:

1. Open the folder whose icon you changed.

2. Right click on the file desktop.ini and open it with Notepad.

open it with Notepad

3. Now add InfoTip=Add your comment on the line below [.ShellClassInfo]

Important: Change the text “Add your comment here” to the comment you want to add to the folder.

InfoTip=Add

4. Once done, click on File > Save

File > Save

5. Close the Notepad and head to the desktop screen. 🖥️

5. Restart the Windows Explorer Process

The final step is to restart the Windows Explorer process. Windows from the Windows 11 Task Manager. This is basically an alternative to restarting. Here's how to restart the Windows Explorer process in Windows 11:

1. Write Task Manager in Windows Search 11.

Task Manager

2. When the Task Manager, seeks Windows Explorer.

3. Then, do Right click on Windows Explorer and select Reboot.

Reboot

This guide is about how to add comments to folders in Windows 11 computers. If you need any further help, please let us know. Also, if you find this guide useful, don't forget to share it with your friends. 🙌

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