Re: Set all files on Windows XP to a specified create & access date

Re: Set all files on Windows XP to a specified create & access date

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Re: Set all files on Windows XP to a specified create & access date Pegasus \(MVP\) 10-07-2005
Posted by Pegasus \(MVP\) on October 7, 2005, 9:43 pm
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There are numerous "touch" tools freely available via the
Internet. Use this search string in Google to locate them:

"touch.exe" "file date" free

By the way, how does your post relate to public security?

> How do we set every file on a WINXP PC to a specified creation & access
> date.
>
> As part of my monthly cleanup, I already run freeware:
> - Malware checkers (spyware, anti-virus, startup programs, etc.)
> - Privacy cleaners (cookies, MRUs, tmp files, cache, downloads, etc.)
> - Freespace wipers, etc.
>
> I'd like to add a "touch" file-date program to this repetoire.
> Basically, it could be a simple batch script, e.g. something like:
> FOR %%f in (C:\*) do copy/y/b %%f+,, .> nul
>
> Better yet be a Windows XP program which runs monthly to reset the file
> creation, modification, and last access date to the first of the year
> (or whatever) without any input required from the user.
>
> Do you have good freeware-only suggestions for such a utility?
>
> Donna
>



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