Copy Changing Dates

[Guest]

Hi all,
I have a problem and the support people do not know how to fix it, so I am
trying here.

It started a few days ago. When I copy a file to my system from my laptop.
Copy to my mounted drive. The mounted drive is this system "My Documents". It
copies the file and than changes the modified date and creation date to the
date I did the copy. If you have exporer with folders in detail view (see
dates) displayed you can watch it display the copy file with the correct date
and see it make the change to the date and time as of right now. It is not
retaining the orignal dates like it should, and was doing. What happened and
how can I fix it..

I am an old Unix person not Windows. In Unix their is an option to the copy
type commend were we can set what is to happen with the dates durning a copy
or default was always to retain dates.

With Windows XP I do not know were or what to look at to fix.

Pleas Help me.

 

[John]

Hi


The process for disabling the file access timestamp is quite easy. All that
is required is one

quick change in the System Registry.To do so, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button and select Run. Then type regedit in the textbox
and click OK.

2. This will start up the Registry Editor and will allow you to edit the
file system settings.

Once the Registry Editor has loaded, navigate to the file system settings by
expanding

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SYSTEM, CurrentControlSet, Control, and then

FileSystem.

3. Depending on your system, you may see an entry called
NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate.

If your system has this entry already listed, skip to the next step. If you
do not see

this entry, don't worry; just create it by right-clicking and selecting New
and then

DWORD Value, as shown in Figure 10-1. Key in NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate for

the name.

4. Now, modify the DWORD value. Right-click the name of the entry and select
Modify.

Then type a 1 in the box to disable the last access update feature.

5. Then click OK and restart your computer. The changes will be in effect.

34 Part II - Increasing Your System's Performance

hack is not without a price, disabling this feature may cause problems

for certain applications, such as hard disk defragmenters and other
programs. If you

notice any strange behavior with your applications, try reverting to an
earlier system restore

point, or apply an undo script to the app.



You can run a .reg file to add and remove the settings to the registry.



To disable, copy the text between the lines to notepad and save the file as
DisableLastUpdate.reg



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem]

"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001







To enable, copy the text between the lines to notepad and save the file as
DisableLastUpdateUndo.reg





Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00



[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem]

"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000000

 

[John]

Hi

The process for disabling the file access timestamp is quite easy. All that
is required is one quick change in the System Registry.To do so, follow
these steps:

1. Click the Start button and select Run. Then type regedit in the textbox
and click OK.
2. This will start up the Registry Editor and will allow you to edit the
file system settings. Once the Registry Editor has loaded, navigate to the
file system settings by
expanding

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SYSTEM, CurrentControlSet, Control, and then FileSystem.

3. Depending on your system, you may see an entry called
NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate.

If your system has this entry already listed, skip to the next step. If you
do not see this entry, don't worry; just create it by right-clicking and
selecting New and then
DWORD Value, Key in NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate for the name.

4. Now, modify the DWORD value. Right-click the name of the entry and select
Modify.
Then type a 1 in the box to disable the last access update feature.

5. Then click OK and restart your computer. The changes will be in effect.
This hack is not without a price, disabling this feature may cause problems
for certain applications, such as hard disk defragmenters and other
programs. If you notice any strange behavior with your applications, try
reverting to an
earlier system restore point, or apply an undo script to the app. (Below)


You can run a .reg file to add and remove the settings to the registry.

To disable, copy the text between the lines below to notepad and save the
file as
DisableLastUpdate.reg and run it.
-------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

-------------------------------------


To enable, copy the text between the lines below to notepad and save the
file as
DisableLastUpdateUndo.reg and run it.

----------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000000

---------------------------------------

Regards

John

 

[Guest]

Hi John,
I tried what you stated, and Thank You, but it did not work. When I copy a
new file to the laptop it still is changing the modified and create date to
the time of the copy.

So, it didn't work. You have any other ideas???
--
Rox

Hi

The process for disabling the file access timestamp is quite easy. All that
is required is one quick change in the System Registry.To do so, follow
these steps:

1. Click the Start button and select Run. Then type regedit in the textbox
and click OK.
2. This will start up the Registry Editor and will allow you to edit the
file system settings. Once the Registry Editor has loaded, navigate to the
file system settings by
expanding

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SYSTEM, CurrentControlSet, Control, and then FileSystem.

3. Depending on your system, you may see an entry called
NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate.

If your system has this entry already listed, skip to the next step. If you
do not see this entry, don't worry; just create it by right-clicking and
selecting New and then
DWORD Value, Key in NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate for the name.

4. Now, modify the DWORD value. Right-click the name of the entry and select
Modify.
Then type a 1 in the box to disable the last access update feature.

5. Then click OK and restart your computer. The changes will be in effect.
This hack is not without a price, disabling this feature may cause problems
for certain applications, such as hard disk defragmenters and other
programs. If you notice any strange behavior with your applications, try
reverting to an
earlier system restore point, or apply an undo script to the app. (Below)


You can run a .reg file to add and remove the settings to the registry.

To disable, copy the text between the lines below to notepad and save the
file as
DisableLastUpdate.reg and run it.
-------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

-------------------------------------


To enable, copy the text between the lines below to notepad and save the
file as
DisableLastUpdateUndo.reg and run it.

----------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000000

---------------------------------------

Regards

John

Hi all,
I have a problem and the support people do not know how to fix it, so I am
trying here.

It started a few days ago. When I copy a file to my system from my
laptop.
Copy to my mounted drive. The mounted drive is this system "My Documents".
It
copies the file and than changes the modified date and creation date to
the
date I did the copy. If you have exporer with folders in detail view (see
dates) displayed you can watch it display the copy file with the correct
date
and see it make the change to the date and time as of right now. It is not
retaining the orignal dates like it should, and was doing. What happened
and
how can I fix it..

I am an old Unix person not Windows. In Unix their is an option to the
copy
type commend were we can set what is to happen with the dates durning a
copy
or default was always to retain dates.

With Windows XP I do not know were or what to look at to fix.

Pleas Help me.

 

[John]

What method do use to copy the file from your laptop to your system?

Regards

John

 

[Guest]

Hi John,
I have 2 laptops and I mount "My Documents" on each system to the other.
They are letter Z: on each. I copy a couple different ways. How I spotted
this all happening was because I sync the "My Documents" between the systems
a minum of 1 time a day. I use the "FolderMatch" and/or "SyncToy" as the sync
software. They both use copy. But right now I am doing no syncs because of
the date problem.
So, I am testing by have on System-1 the explorer with folders in detail
view. I drag and drop the file to letter Z: (System-2's My documents"). On
System-2 I have the explorer up in detail view and watch it refreash it with
the new file with the correct date and than it immediatly refreash again and
changes the date/time to the present date/time (copy time).

Now there are exceptions. It only does it with files that are .jpg .mp3. If
I copy a .htm it does not change the date. Or if I am overwritting a file it
is ok.
The whole thing is strange. But I can not sync my 2 systems until I get
this fixed.