Read 'Extended' file properties (C++)

Question

Is there a way to get all the properties and values of any file under the details tab using only c++ Code?
All extended file properties: link
I have seen solutions for c# but not c++. link

I have already looked into the fileapi.h function GetFileAttributesA() which gave me access to the file attribute constants like FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY...

Even the GetFileAttributesExA() with GetFileExMaxInfoLevel was not able to return all the needed information.

if (FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED) {
    std::cout << "File is compressed.";
}
if (FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) {
    std::cout << "File is a readonly file.";
}

I thought there should be a similar thing for file properties something like GetFilePropertiesExA().
But could not find any similar function so far.
Also I was able to get information like Date created, modified and size using WIN32_FIND_DATA.

Look at this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wic/-wic-about-metadata — Florent, Nov 29 '20 at 16:14
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/properties/windows-properties-system — user2120666, Nov 29 '20 at 16:45

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '21 at 20:49

Here is some sample code from Microsoft for reading/writing file properties. It's using the WinAPI to read the file properties.

You can find a list of available properties here.

Depending on what you want to do, you may also take a look at these PROPVARIANT functions. For example, when you want to store the value of a property into a string.

Read 'Extended' file properties (C++)

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