How do I set detailed/custom properties for any type of Files on windows using c#?

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Hi,

I am trying to set the values of File custom/detailed properties which displays under file properties->details tab such as Title,Author,Comments,Tags and etc.,

I can able to get list of detailed properties by using Shell32 API but i am not finding any options to set those properties.

Please guide me on this features.

Thanks in Advance.

Posted 11-Mar-14 3:32am

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2014-03-11T03:40:00

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See http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/bb887b05-2018-4978-b115-c8c98e3542ce/setting-file-infoattributes-author-subject-?forum=csharpgeneral[^].

Posted 11-Mar-14 3:40am

Richard MacCutchan