Is there a way to batch edit file properties?

>On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:22:23 -0700, Rockinghorse Winner
><rockinghorse@anonymous.to> wrote in
>microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:
>

>>I have a large directory of downloaded shareware. I keep track of what i have
>>by individually editing the properties of each program. However, some of the
>>programs are multipart .rar types. And i have at least a few hundred programs
>>so far.
>>
>>I am looking for a utility that will let me batch edit file properties such as
>>Title, Author, Summary, and Comments, so I don't have to edit each file or
>>file part individually. Windows doesn't let me do this in Explorer. Powerdesk
>>has a proprietary system, but it isn't preserved when moving or copying files.
>>Any Suggestions?

>
>Explorer's Summary tab in files' properties sheets is entirely
>undocumented. All I know is that the items are stored in Alternate Data
>Streams (ADS) named
>CHAR(5)DocumentSummaryInformation:$data and
>CHAR(5)SummaryInformation:$data
>where CHAR(5) is 0x05 or the ASCII character ENQ. How the various parts
>of the Summary tab are stored within that file, I don't know.
>
>The CLI I use (4NT) provides ADS support which can display and otherwise
>manipulate ADSs, but in the absence of any MS documentation that doesn't
>get me anywhere.

>Thanks for the info. Do you know any apps that will catalog software?

>On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:52:03 -0700, Rockinghorse Winner
><rockinghorse@anonymous.to> wrote in
>microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:
>
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>

>>Thanks for the info. Do you know any apps that will catalog software?

>
>There are gazillions of catalog programs out there. I don't use any
>myself.
>
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