Modifying file properties/metadata

c# pinvoke file-attributes file-properties
rafale picture rafale · Aug 31, 2011 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

I can get a file's properties/metadata by calling Shell32.Folder.GetDetailsOf, but I can't seem to figure out how to modify those attributes. The properties I'm referring to are the "extended details" like Camera model and Camera name for image files.

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Yahia picture Yahia · Aug 31, 2011

IF you are indeed using C# then you must do some Interop/PInvoke to call that method since that is Shell method...

To get+set EXIF information you can use the Image class (though not optimal), for the standard attributes you can use the FileInfo class.

A very good class for doing EXIF related stuff including source can be found here.

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