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Phred wrote:

> 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. :)
> 
> Cheers, Phred.


Replsoft "Change Attributes" is free and supposedly does what you want.

http://www.replsoft.com/changeattr.html


Cheers

Rob
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In article <450e7ef9$1_2@news.chariot.net.au>, "me here" <gloaming_agnet@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Phred wrote:
>> 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. :)
>
>Replsoft "Change Attributes" is free and supposedly does what you want.
>
>http://www.replsoft.com/changeattr.html

Thanks for the suggestion, Rob.  I'll keep it in mind, but it seems it 
needs the full "Useful File Utilities" installation to make it work as 
a plugin.  UFU is about 1.3 MB without plugins, and costs USD30 
(currently about AUD40) which is a bit more than I'm happy to pay in 
this case -- unless UFU itself is a "must have" (and I don't know 
anyone who has got it 8-).


Cheers, Phred.

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In article <fovsg2h8qi8ijlorohfk4rosfunrgp3bim@thomaslauer.com>, Thomas Lauer <thomas.lauer@virgin.net> wrote:
>ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) wrote:
>
>> It's clearly one of those cases where something like 
>> the Windows Explorer interface has the advantage over the DOS CLI.
>
>Err, my 4nt CLI has a nice touch command :-)
>
>Back to your request: http://webplaza.pt.lu/~rpetges/

Thanks for that suggestion. Tom.  Looks pretty good from the web page. 
I might give it a go if nothing obviously better turns up.

Cheers, Phred.

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In article <4n7bfkF921q5U1@individual.net>, ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com 
says...
> G'day mates,
...
> 
> 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. :)
> 
> Cheers, Phred.
> 
> 

Free Commander can set date/time attributes. You can find it at 
http://www.freecommander.com/

"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. :)
>
> Cheers, Phred.
>

I notice on Kelly's corner a download for a XP explorer tool.

Program Name:  JoneSoft Time Stamp Modifier
Version:       1.1.1.7 - 12 November 2000
Author:        Jaesen Jones
               email: jaesenj@ozemail.com.au
                 web: 
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jaesenj/software/software.html
Copyright:     (c) 1999-2000 JoneSoft
Provided As:   Freeware (refer below License Agreement)

"An enhancement to Windows Explorer, simply right click a file (or files) 
and select 'Change File Time(s)'. This extension allows you to modify the 
time and date of any file on your computer. Change whole folders at a time. 
You can change all three dates - created, modified and accessed - in one go. 
A great tool for apps developers; use it to set your app file times to 
reflect the latest version (like Microsoft).  Full install/uninstall."

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 83 

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 

Did that.  It came up here:
<http://mikrocomputertechnik.fh-mannheim.de/Download/Software/software.
htm>

and here:
<http://pricelessware.org/thelist/fil.htm>

But the download link from the Pricelessware site is broken.  The file 
is available from the .de link.  It's 231,061 bytes, which, I assume, 
is the correct size for the recommended "Properties Plus 1.65"?

Addendum:  The link from this Pricelessware page is also stuffed:
<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2004/PL2004FILEUTILITIES.php>

Cheers, Phred.

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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
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prino at prino dot plus dot com 

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 
> 
> 
> Did that.  It came up here:
> <http://mikrocomputertechnik.fh-mannheim.de/Download/Software/software.
> htm>
> 
> and here:
> <http://pricelessware.org/thelist/fil.htm>
> 
> But the download link from the Pricelessware site is broken.  The file 
> is available from the .de link.  It's 231,061 bytes, which, I assume, 
> is the correct size for the recommended "Properties Plus 1.65"?
> 
> Addendum:  The link from this Pricelessware page is also stuffed:
> <http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2004/PL2004FILEUTILITIES.php>

OLD Pricelessware pages are *archived* - they're never updated.

The ACF program info pages have the most recent information:

Program: Properties Plus
Company: Kish Designs
W: LFW
Ware: (Freeware) LFW (v 1.65)
ftp://ftp.pcworld.co.nz/Pcworld/files/aug2000/pplus165.exe

Susan
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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

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:42:27 GMT, Phred posted to alt.comp.freeware:

> 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. :)

A simple one-line AutoIt script (http://www.autoitscript.com) will do it:

;-------------begin---------------
FileSetTime($CmdLine[1], @YEAR & @MON & @MDAY & @HOUR & @MIN & @SEC, 1)
;--------------end----------------

Save it as touch.au3 and compile it into touch.exe and you have your
program. Of course, there's no error checking or anything like that, and it
only changes the created date (2 more lines would fix that easily enough),
but it does the job.

HTH

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I have been using DMex 3.19 for a long time. Works great. Plugs into
Windows Explorer. You'll never notice it until you need it. Has a lot
of extra stuff you might like also. Google for it!
Enjoy,


Phred wrote:
> 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. :)
> 
> Cheers, Phred.
> 
> -- 
> ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID

Phred <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote

> 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?

I like DateEdit v4.0, datee400.zip

It puts an extra entry in the right mouse click popup menu so its very easy to use.

> It's not such a big deal that I want to spend anything
> more than a trivial amount of money on it, at most. :)

Yeah, plenty of free ones around. 

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in
news:4n8ncoF9c6onU1@individual.net: 

> Phred <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote
> 
>> 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?
> 
> I like DateEdit v4.0, datee400.zip
> 
> It puts an extra entry in the right mouse click popup menu
> so its very easy to use. 
> 
>> It's not such a big deal that I want to spend anything
>> more than a trivial amount of money on it, at most. :)
> 
> Yeah, plenty of free ones around. 
> 

FWIW (if it's the one from home.worldonline.dk/~ninotech/)
The W9x machines might be "happier" w/ v3.0

v3.0 DATEE300.ZIP 39,872 bytes

v4.0 Download size: 113 KB
What's new in 4.0 [ quot the one-and-only ]
Support for the Visual Styles introduced in Windows XP. This 
means that the graphical user interface of Date Edit matches the 
look of Windows XP [ /quot ]

J
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:42:27 GMT, ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) wrote:

>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.

In Win3.x days I used XTree Gold, and when I migrated to Win98 I searched for an
equivalent product.  eXtreme is that product.  Still use it today.

"budgie" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message 
news:85tvg29eglbssqc83emf2jmvakjorbqv8l@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:42:27 GMT, ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) 
> wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> In Win3.x days I used XTree Gold, and when I migrated to Win98 I searched 
> for an
> equivalent product.  eXtreme is that product.  Still use it today.

DirectoryOpus is the only file manager anyone will ever need.
Used it first way back on the Amiga then grabbed it as soon
as it was released on the PC it is magic. 

jollyrodgers wrote:

> DirectoryOpus is the only file manager anyone will ever need.
> Used it first way back on the Amiga then grabbed it as soon
> as it was released on the PC it is magic.

DirOpus was also my filemanager of choice on the Amiga. Up until version 
4.12 that is :-)
Later versions (DOpus 5, Magellan) were workbench-replacers that just 
sucked up precious system resources. From what I've seen of the PC 
versions, nothing much has changed.

"prophet" <user@domain.invalid> wrote in message 
news:45100a73$0$4524$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> jollyrodgers wrote:
>
>> DirectoryOpus is the only file manager anyone will ever need.
>> Used it first way back on the Amiga then grabbed it as soon
>> as it was released on the PC it is magic.
>
> DirOpus was also my filemanager of choice on the Amiga. Up until version 
> 4.12 that is :-)
> Later versions (DOpus 5, Magellan) were workbench-replacers that just 
> sucked up precious system resources. From what I've seen of the PC 
> versions, nothing much has changed.

I never went past 4.12 for that reason on the Amiga but I
only had 8mb of fast ram back then.
Today with 1gb does it really matter, I don't think so.

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:17:20 GMT, jollyrodgers posted to
alt.comp.freeware:

> DirectoryOpus is the only file manager anyone will ever need.
> Used it first way back on the Amiga then grabbed it as soon
> as it was released on the PC it is magic.

link? I assume it's freeware, else why mention it here.

KTHXBYE

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Klaatu wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:17:20 GMT, jollyrodgers posted to
> alt.comp.freeware:

>>DirectoryOpus is the only file manager anyone will ever need.

> link? I assume it's freeware, else why mention it here.

Directory Opus by GPSoftware is Shareware.

Susan
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jollyrodgers wrote:

>> Later versions (DOpus 5, Magellan) were workbench-replacers that just 
>> sucked up precious system resources. From what I've seen of the PC 
>> versions, nothing much has changed.
> 
> I never went past 4.12 for that reason on the Amiga but I
> only had 8mb of fast ram back then.
> Today with 1gb does it really matter, I don't think so.

It's not that it will eat up all of your memory at once, sure :-)
But just because we have more memory and computing power these days 
doesn't mean we should throw efficiency out of the window.

I like my filemanagers to be dual-pane, small, fast and expandable. The 
newer DOpus versions try to be "enhanced" explorer.exe's, and if I liked 
explorer I wouldn't be using a filemanager in the first place :-)
DOpus 5 and up simply defeat their own purpose IMHO.

I know it's blasphemy here in a.c.f., but I use Total Commander (bought 
and paid for). I found it to be one of the best PC equivalents to DOpus 
4 (at least, when I was searching for one back in '95). These days, 
there are plenty of them around, and a lot of them are freeware. 
freeCommander is a very good example, gets better with each version. 
Krusader for Linux is also pretty good.

btw, DOpus 4 is freeware now: http://dopus.free.fr
Might be useful for people still using Amiga's :-)