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Nathan Brazil · 02-06-2019, 08:49 PM

Yea I am a noob, but I have been doing something with Windows 10 and seems to work so far without as difficulties.

I have have been collecting and reading PDF format gaming books for 20+ years. I have a good and seemless (so far) system for Windows 10. There are some standards in setting it up. I am programmer so I know understand how the process works behind the scenes, but modifying an OS is not my forte.

You only need a few things
1.NFTS formatted drive.
2.One free open source driver. Maybe an open source utility if you feel just a bit adventurous
3.Any PDF software that allows you to add/modify the Description and/or the Custom properties of the PDF.

Still here? Good. OK First the software.
The necessary driver is something called PDF Property Extension found here:
https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/pdfpropertyextension

What it does: When Windows 10 looks at a file, there are properties Microsoft stores in its directory when the file is created and some read off the metadata from inside the the file itself. But only from certain file formats. This a COM driver that provides the function to read the inside of the PDF. It is not prefect as it DOES NOT REPORT EVERY PROPEERTY, but anything more than file sizes is so much more useful.

02-06-2019, 08:49 PM	#4
Nathan Brazil Gaming Ludographer Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2019 Device: Windows 11 PC	Yea I am a noob, but I have been doing something with Windows 10 and seems to work so far without as difficulties. I have have been collecting and reading PDF format gaming books for 20+ years. I have a good and seemless (so far) system for Windows 10. There are some standards in setting it up. I am programmer so I know understand how the process works behind the scenes, but modifying an OS is not my forte. You only need a few things 1.NFTS formatted drive. 2.One free open source driver. Maybe an open source utility if you feel just a bit adventurous 3.Any PDF software that allows you to add/modify the Description and/or the Custom properties of the PDF. Still here? Good. OK First the software. The necessary driver is something called PDF Property Extension found here: https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/pdfpropertyextension What it does: When Windows 10 looks at a file, there are properties Microsoft stores in its directory when the file is created and some read off the metadata from inside the the file itself. But only from certain file formats. This a COM driver that provides the function to read the inside of the PDF. It is not prefect as it DOES NOT REPORT EVERY PROPEERTY, but anything more than file sizes is so much more useful.