This is a quote from an older post by @Leo in 2022: [image] Descriptions saved to both descript.ion and file's Comment? descript.ion is a legacy / compatibility thing more than anything else. It's there so that other software which uses that format can read the descriptions. I disagree with …

In addition, see the following post as well: [image] More operations available for OnFileOperationComplete speech_balloonHelp & Support This post reminded me of something I've been wanting to ask for a while. I'm more curious about how well Opus handles those…

I'm not sure I fully get what you're asking. Do you want Opus to save the description in the NTFS ADS and only keep the link with its descript.ion file? Meaning they wouldn't stay synced with each other (not automatically in any case). Or are you asking that, for example, if I manually edit the de…

It seemed pretty obvious to me that the solution I propose would require that, for instance, metadata.other.usercomment redirects to the ADS field, while something else would be needed for descript.ion - for instance metadata.other.descript_ion ... But reading your reaction, it occurs to me that my …

[image] Bennjamin: migrate ADS description data for thousands of files to a different metadata field in ADS To be honest, I don't think I've ever used a descript.ion file in Opus. A bit off-topic, but what happens if you toggle the corresponding options between using the .ion file and the ADS…

But you use external files too. And I suppose you have a certain structure in those files (which I would find interesting to know, certainly if they represent something like a formal standard). You certainly did some hard work to develop it. It's the same situation for me: I use descript.ion lines t…

[image] Bennjamin: Once programmed, and it works, there's no reason why I would abandon it for another system. Of course. If it works for you, that's all that really matters. My comment was more about how, as a workaround, you could keep in Opus the compatibility with descript.ion files enab…

[image] errante: while also creating and maintaining your own ADS And how would you do this in Opus if use of descript.ion is activated? Is there a 'secret handler' for this in Opus? Or are you rather suggesting to use some third party tool to do this (using PolarGoose's solution, or the new …

[image] Bennjamin: Is there a 'secret handler' for this in Opus? Or are you rather suggesting to use some third party tool to do this Mmm. It's just like writing text to a regular file. [image] Bennjamin: I would prefer a standard over my own solutions at any time I don't think there'…

File comments/ descriptions and "descript.ion" in Opus

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Bennjamin September 30, 2025, 11:10am 2

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