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Article #357Re: Program to modify file Date and Time in Windows?
From: Dave
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:00
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:00
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Phred wrote: > In article <4n7n3oF94vqaU1@individual.net>, "Robert AH Prins" <prino@onetel.com> wrote: > >>"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 > > Here's a nice simple one that works pretty good for date changing. Attribute Magic http://www.attributemagic.com/attributemagic_free.html Dave
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