Can't view LR metadata modifications on Windows Explorer? What gives?

Hi all,
This is my first question to the community, I searched for the answer to this problem here and elsewhere but not able to find out why, hope you can help.
I'm coming to grips with managing data in LR but I've stumbled upon a snag. I'm using LR 5.7 and adding metadata to CR2 and JPG files and wanted to check whether the metadata modifications showed up on Windows Explorer. It appears as if they don't. My workflow is detailed below, could you point out if I'm missing anything?
What I did was fill some IPTC and EXIF fields on LR 5.7 and click on "save metadata to file". The fields I added data to was headline and description (IPTC), user comment (EXIF) and title and caption fields (Lightroom's own fields I presume).
However the metadata I added does not display on Windows Explorer (upon right click/properties/details). I'm using Windows 7 and MS website says Explorer is able to display IPTC and EXIF fields. This however does not seem to be the case. Did anyone else come across this problem or am I doing sth wrong.
To test it further I modified Title, Subject and Comments fields on Windows Explorer (through file properties/details tab),.I don't know whether these fields are an official part of IPTC or EXIF standards but they don't display on LR either.

My Windows File Explorer (8.1) does show some of the metadata that LR 5.7 writes, but not all.  I no longer have access to Windows 7, but I'm certain that it does too.  LR 5.7 will also read metadata written by Windows Explorer. 
Some general caveats:
- Be sure to Save Metadata To File in LR, or better, set the option Edit > Catalog Settings > Automatically Write Changes Into XMP.
- When you make changes to metadata outside of LR, be sure to Read Metadata From File to get it back into LR.
- When you make changes with the Explorer Properties window, make sure you click OK or Apply.
- Use the free Exiftool if you want to examine metadata authoritatively.  Virtually every other program, including LR, Windows Explorer, and OS X Finder, has significant problems and limitiations with metadata. 
I can't explain all that you're seeing.  If you can't figure it out using Exiftool, then I suggest taking a sample pic you've written with LR, upload it to Dropbox or similar, and post the link here; we can take a look.
The LR metadata fields you mentioned map to these industry-standard fields:
Title > XMP:Title, IPTC:ObjectName
Caption, Description > EXIF:ImageDescription, XMP:Description, IPTC:Caption-Abstract
Headline > XMP:Headline, IPTC:Headline
User Comment > EXIF:UserComment
Windows File Explorer doesn't show Headline, and it has somewhat different mappings for Title.  You can experiment for yourself with Exiftool.

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