Here we will show you how to customize comments for a shortcut in Windows. This will allow you to add a line telling the user what will happen if they click the shortcut, or to insert a description of the program, file, or folder.
How to Add a Custom Comment to a Shortcut Pop-Up
There is a very simple way to add a custom comment to your shortcuts in Windows. The comment you leave could take the form of a message to the user, a description of the shortcut, or even a whimsical sentence. Here’s how to do that.
Navigate to the shortcut for which you want to change or add a comment. Right-click on the shortcut and select Properties. In the Properties box, in the Comment field under the Shortcut tab, type the message that you wish to appear when you hover over the shortcut. Click OK.
Refresh Windows File Explorer by pressing F5. Now when you hover over the shortcut, the custom comment that you set will be displayed instead of the shortcut’s location information.
Note that you cannot apply this trick to files and folders. These steps will only work with shortcuts, but fret not; it’s easy to create shortcuts from anywhere in Windows.
Add Your Personality to Your Windows Machine
You can give your computer a unique and nuanced personal touch with such small changes as modifying the shortcut pop-up descriptions in Windows to have custom shortcut comments. These are cosmetic changes you can make to Windows to infuse your personality into your computer.
