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Paul said:
How do I change the modified date of a file's attribute?
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Modify the file. Open it, change something simple like one letter, then put
it back like it was, and resave the file.

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How do I change the modified date of a file's attribute?

There are utilities that will set it to the current date/time (look for
"touch") but if you want to set it in the past (or even the future - has
it's uses) then you need a program. Touch will also do this usually. I
have a touch program, but you'd need to install Open Object Rexx to run it.
 
Swifty said:
There are utilities that will set it to the current date/time (look
for "touch") but if you want to set it in the past (or even the
future - has it's uses) then you need a program. Touch will also do
this usually. I have a touch program, but you'd need to install Open
Object Rexx to run it.
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To manually set a few files backwards, just set the PC clock back, open/save
the files, then put the clock back to where it belongs.

In XP, Last Access will tell you whenever a file is even read. Modified
will tell when it was last actually changed, and creation date will be the
date the file appeared in that folder. Thus, create dates CAN be more
recent than modified/accessed dates.

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