Lightroom Keyword Searching in Windows

Hello all. First Would Like to give a big Thanks to all the people that answer questions around here, I normally dont have to post because i can find my answers in the previous questions. Well not this time, so here goes. When I keyword in lightroom I was wondering if there is a setting or prefrence to check that will submit my keywords to the actual windows property box of the photo(the box where you right-click on the photo and choose properties)in that box there is a keyword heading and i want to transfer my keywords to this box and I believe I can search from withing windows to locate these photos, although i am unsure on that i want to try. I have tried exporting photos and saving metadata and that didn't work. The reason i am trying to do this is so that when I work on photos for people and I send them back they dont need lightroom or photoshop to search through large amounts of files to locate photos. Sorry for being long winded but i am trying to be as complete as possible. any help would be greatly Appreciated.THANKS in advance

Hi mmbamrski and OP,
I think of keywords in Lightroom as being "for Lightroom's eyes only". But then:
- Set "include on export" attribute for keywords that should be visible externally.
- Upon export, do NOT export as Lightroom hierarchy (for maximum compatibility with non-Lightroom consumers).
Then after finishing in Lightroom, I always export jpegs for outside consumption.
WIndows can search these exported jpegs and see the keyword metadata in them. And, they can also be used for any other purposes without having to go into Lightroom and do a special-purpose export (screen-saver, slide-shows, photo-books, web, email, CDs, serving via DLNA ...)
I find these plugins useful in this regard:
TreeSync
ExportManager
Hope this helps,
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