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Looking for a tool to change a file's modified date which works from inside File Explorer context menu. I am aware of external tools like BulkFileChanger but I want to right click on a file and make the change.
Tony_Henrich
Posted 2011-04-08T00:25:57.133
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This one is freeware, and will change what you need plus various attributes that users don't normally have access to:
Attribute Changer
http://www.petges.lu/
Randolf Richardson
Posted 2011-04-08T00:25:57.133
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1Can be found in your file's context menu after install. – amenthes – 2015-01-30T00:02:58.557
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You can use File Date Touch - Windows version of UNIX touch command
neil
Posted 2011-04-08T00:25:57.133
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3Welcome to superuser.com, Neil! Does 'File Date Touch' really work from within the context menu, or is it a separate utility? Also, does it have different functionality / benefits over the suggestion in the accepted answer? – einpoklum – 2013-04-04T21:12:32.817
1@einpoklum I can answer that - yes it does have benefits - it DOESN'T show in context menu :) which I find great. Google has redirected me to this question, but on the other hand, I was looking for precisely this answer! Thanks Neil. – Aleks – 2013-10-27T16:01:03.607
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I know its probably too late to answer this, but apparently this http://stefanstools.sourceforge.net/SKTimeStamp.html does exactly what OP wanted:
SKTimeStamp is a very simple shell extension which adds a new tab to the Explorer properties dialog. On that new tab, you can change the file/folder date and time.
Available for x86 and x64 Windows systems.
jcb
Posted 2011-04-08T00:25:57.133
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You can change the create date from the command line. You must first change the system clock date, then open a command prompt window at the current working directory, and issue the command:
copy /b [filename] + ,,
This uses the concatenation directive with the binary (/b) switch, basically copying the file to itself and incidentally setting the create date of the "new" file to the current system clock.
hafizullah
Posted 2011-04-08T00:25:57.133
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4This does not answer the question, but the OP might find it useful -- there are lots of reasons why a question might not be phrased in exactly the way that leads to useful information -- and others, like me, looking for answers, might also find it useful. – user184411 – 2016-10-22T22:40:12.830
For some reason this didn't quite work for me, but doing copy /b [filename] [new_filename] did. Also I had to use cmd instead of powershell. Thanks – Taran – 2017-11-27T10:39:06.733
1This does not answer the question, which explicitly insists on an answer that works inside File Explorer. – Kazark – 2013-04-22T16:39:33.370
I was just looking for a way to change the mtime on a file and this method worked great for me. – stevepastelan – 2014-01-14T18:05:02.487
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since this question got closed, I reposted it on the software recommendation Stack Exchange website: Change the file's modified date in Windows Explorer
– Franck Dernoncourt – 2017-01-31T18:01:40.790