Date when file last accessed

[curious]

WinXP, Home edition, NTFS

I want a list of files which have not been accessed for n-weeks (for house
cleaning).
Anyone know a way, or a utility, to get at this info. I think that NTFS
records the date a file was last accessed.

Curious

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

What happens if you need a file tomorrow, or next week, and you have cleaned
it out? Now you get an error message and no longer have the referenced file!
With the size of today's hard drives, I have no idea why people feel the
need to do this! In many cases they are just shooting themselves in the
foot!

 

[John l]

If you go into "find" the "files and folders" from the
start up menu. Click the tab "date modified" and see when
it was last modified. That should give you a starting
point as to when you were likely to have last looked at it.

 

[Rob Schneider]

WinXP, Home edition, NTFS

I want a list of files which have not been accessed for n-weeks (for house
cleaning).
Anyone know a way, or a utility, to get at this info. I think that NTFS
records the date a file was last accessed.

Curious

Look at the program "robocopy", freely available from Microsoft as part
of the Windows resource kit. It has the features you are looking for.

You can use the the parameters /MAXLAD:n and /MINLAD:m which deals with
'n' and 'm' days since last access. /L option just lists the file and
takes no action. Without the /L you can copy and/or move the files
based on the criteria you are seeking. Be careful.