Scripts: Transfer Tags, Label and Comment <--> Alternate Data Stream; Add/Set/Find Tags, Labels and Comment (and ADS)

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Note:
File operations performed with software that does not support Alternate Data Streams (ADS) will result in ADS tags being lost.

Some software known to support ADS includes: XYplorer, Windows Explorer, Directory Opus (not enabled by default), GoodSync, Duplicate Cleaner, WinRAR (option must be enabled), FreeFileSync, and FastCopy (when AltStream is enabled).

Important: Windows Explorer may not preserve ADS when copying or moving files across different volumes (drives). Tools such as FreeFileSync and FastCopy (with AltStream enabled) generally preserve ADS during cross-volume operations.


Transfer Tags, Label and Comment <--> ADS(Alternate Data Stream), NTFS format only:

Transfer Tags, Label and Comment -- Alternate Data Stream (NTFS format only) (v0.6).xys

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Set dirty tags, labels, comments to ADS (CEA version) v0.2.xys

Backup dirty tags, labels and comments, To -> CEA-After browsing a folder (Tick -> Configuration | Information | Tags | Auto-refresh tags):

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 $fdrC = $fdrC+1;
 if ($fdrC > 2 && gettoken(tagexport( , "", , 6), 2, "Data:<crlf>")) {tagexport("E:\DirtyTags.dat", "", , 2); $fdrC = 0}
 perm $fdrC;

Set dirty tags, labels and comments to ADS. To -> Configuration | General | Custom Event Actions | Other Events | Exit (Tick -> Configuration | Information | Tags | Auto-refresh tags)

Read dirty tags database file and re-tagging as dirty tags v0.2.xys

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Set tags by List and write tags to ADS(Alternate Data Stream), NTFS fomat only:

Set tags by List and write tags to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only)_v1.5.xys

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ADS Tags.PNG

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Edit Tags/ADS Tags (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only):

Edit Tags, ADS Tags (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only)_v1.5.xys

Set last Tags/ADS Tags (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only):

Set last Tags, ADS Tags (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only)_v1.5.xys

Add Tags by popup menu and write Tags to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only):

Add Tags by popup menu and write Tags to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only)_v1.2.xys

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Find by Tags List via Everything tool (Alternate Data Stream) (Need Everything version 1.5 Alpha, "Index attributes" Will be faster):

Find by Tags List via Everything tool (Alternate Data Stream) (Need Everything 1.5 Alpha version, Index attributes Will be faster)_v1.2.zip

Define a macro: In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
/define Tag=AlternateDataStreamUTF8:

If successful, you should see Tag=AlternateDataStreamUTF8: in the status bar for a few seconds.
Searching for tag: is now replaced with AlternateDataStreamUTF8:

Define a macro.png

Searching for tag.png

Find by Tags & Labels List: viewtopic.php?p=196057#p196057

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Add tags by read ADS tags of the selected items (Alternate Data Stream):

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I think you mean Properties indexing in Everything, not attribute indexing.

I use Properties indexing for a list of named ADS streams.
Defined in the ini file like this:
property_alternate_data_stream_ansi=Tag=Tag;custom property 0=Comment;custom property 1=Tag

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The option is named "Index attributes"...
UTF-8 format is better for me.

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Custom column: ADS Tags (Item type: Files and Folders):

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//Function : Custom column: ADS Tags (Item type: Files and Folders)
//Created  : 2022-07-28
//Modified : 2022-07-29
//Version  : 1.2

 if(exists("<cc_item>:Tags")) {                         //If ADS exists
   $data = readfile("<cc_item>:Tags");                  //Read ADS Tags
   return gettoken($data, 1, "<crlf>");                //Get the first row and return
   }

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Set label by List, and set label to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS format only):

Set label by List, and set label to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS format only)_v1.5.xys

Set label by the popup menu, and set label to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS format only):

Set label by the popup menu, and set label to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS format only)_v1.5.xys

Set label and set label to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS format only) (Keyboard shortcut version):

Set label and set label to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS format only) (Keyboard shortcut version)_v1.5.xys

Set last label and set to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS format only):

Set last label and set to ADS (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS format only)_v1.5.xys

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Set label by read ADS label of the selected items (Alternate Data Stream):

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Edit Comment/ADS Comment (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only):

Edit Comment, ADS Comment (Alternate Data Stream, NTFS fomat only) (v1.5).xys

Custom column: ADS Comment (Item type Files and Folders):

Custom column, ADS Comment (Item type Files and Folders) (v1.2).xys

Add Comment by read ADS Comment of the selected items (Alternate Data Stream):

Add Comment by read ADS Comment of the selected item(s) (Alternate Data Stream) (v1.3).xys