In message , Al Falfa
writes:
Fred Holmes wrote:
... Windows Explorer window (directory listing) by default contains a
"status bar" at the bottom ... This "status" bar displays: ...

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
... under XP, it _sometimes_ shows other things (I'm not sure
if this is configurable): for example, if an mp3 file is highlighted, it
shows the contents of (some of?) the data tags, such as artist and album
title.

John,
If an object in the right-pane of Explorer is selected, the status bar
shows the details in the 'Infotip' for that object. This is configurable
in Regedit. For example, for all audio files:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio
InfoTip REG_SZ
prop:Size;Name;Attributes;Type;Artist;Album;Year; Track;Duration;Bitrate;
Create;Write

Specifically for mp3 files:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file
Infotip REG_SZ ...

Thanks for that information.

Does TweakUI (or some other utility) have an (easier) way of changing
these?
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