Details tab on file properties is missing custom fields.
When we create our binaries we add some custom fields to the version details. In Windows 7 these fields are no longer appearing. Is there some way in Windows 7 to get these fields to display? Thanks, Anthony
March 25th, 2010 7:16pm

How do you create customized properties in Detail tabs? If it is coding related, I suggest you discuss in our MSDN forum. MSDN Microsoft Development, MSDN Subscriptions, Resources, and More Arthur Xie - MSFT
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March 26th, 2010 10:55am

This isn't entirely coding related. The problem is that Win7 no longer shows custom fields on the details tab. On every other version of windows before, the Version tab showed all of the details of the file. Even some of the default fields are no longer showing. For example, on WinXP/2003, the numeric and string version numbers would be displayed. On Win7 only the numeric version number is shown. Anthony
March 26th, 2010 3:36pm

These details are controlled not by Microsoft, but by third parties using Shell Extensions, which are installed on a per-file-type basis. For example, Office files have details available only if Office has ever been installed on the computer (or the free Office file type readers or shell extensions). Adobe files are the same way. If this was helpful, please vote by clicking the green triangle. If it solves the issue, click Propose as Answer. Thanks!
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March 27th, 2010 4:57am

I am also debugging the problem. I am using Wise 9.0.2 to generate the installation executive package. The generated executive can display the "version" tab in WinXP and show all correct version/product display string. However, the same executive file cannot display the "version" tab at all in Vista and Win7. A similar tab in Vista and Win7 is a new tab "Details". So I am wondering that MSFT had removed the support of "version" tab and use a new tab "Details" as the replacement in Vista/Win7. Now my question is how to make those properties of "Product name", "Product version" and "Copyright" in the "Details" tab be supported in Wise 9? The working script is listed as below: Document Type: WSE item: Global Version=6.0 Title=xxx Installation Version File=6.0.116.0 Version Description=xxx install Version Copyright=Copyright 2010 xxxx, Inc. Version Company=xxx xxxx, Inc Flags=00010100 Languages=65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Japanese Font Name=MS Gothic Japanese Font Size=9 Progress Bar DLL=%_WISE_%\Progress\WIZ%_EXE_OS_TYPE_%.DLL Start Gradient=0 128 128 End Gradient=0 0 0 Windows Flags=00000100000000010010110100000000 Log Pathname=%MAINDIR%\INSTALL.LOG Message Font=MS Sans Serif Font Size=8 Disk Label=WiseInst Disk Filename=SETUP Patch Flags=0000000000001001 Patch Threshold=85 Patch Memory=4000 EXE Filename=..\Release\xxx_VistaSetup.exe FTP Cluster Size=20 Dialogs Version=7 Variable Name1=_SYS_ Variable Default1=C:\NT\System32 Variable Flags1=00001000 Variable Name2=_WISE_ Variable Default2=C:\Program Files\wise installation system Variable Flags2=00001000 Variable Name3=DRV_NAME Variable Default3=xxx end But unfortunately, the same script doesn't display the "Version" tab in Vista/Win7 file property. Is there any suggestion or help? Thanks.
June 8th, 2010 12:38pm

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