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Article #354Re: Program to modify file Date and Time in Windows?
From: Robert AH Prins
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:00
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:00
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"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4n7bfkF921q5U1@individual.net... > G'day mates, > > From time to time I need to "touch" a group of data files and their > derivatives so they all end up with the same time stamp. > > To date, I've been using the 15-year old FD.EXE from my old version of > Norton's Utilities. It works, but it can be a pain to use in deep > directory structures because you have to either migrate to the > directory from the DOS prompt, or specify the whole bloody thing on > the command line. It's clearly one of those cases where something like > the Windows Explorer interface has the advantage over the DOS CLI. > > So, question is, what can you recommend that will do this sort of job > under Windows 9x and XP? It's not such a big deal that I want to > spend anything more than a trivial amount of money on it, at most. :) In addition to the one mentioned (I have been using Romain Petges Attribute Changer for years) there's also a no longer supported shell extension called "Properties Plus". Google for "pplus165.exe" to find it. Robert -- Robert AH Prins prino at prino dot plus dot com
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