XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On 11 Jul 2025 12:47:31 GMT   
   Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
      
   > J. P. Gilliver  wrote:   
   > > On 2025/7/10 10:6:29, Andy Burns wrote:   
   > > []   
   > >   
   > > > files/folders have multiple datestamps, if you view properties, you see   
   > > > the created timestamp rather than modified   
   > >   
   > > When I look at properties, I see three dates, for Created, Modified, and   
   > > Accessed. And not infrequently, those dates are impossible based on my   
   > > normal interpretation of those three words. For example, I just pulled   
   > > them up for a file, and they're   
   > >   
   > > Created:        2025-May-26, 12:20:30   
   > > Modified:       2023-May-6, 02:11:59   
   > > Accessed:       2025-June-14, 18:57:41   
   > >   
   > > in other words, it's saying I created the file after I modified it (or   
   > > modified it before I created it, take your pick). [And I'm pretty sure I   
   > > never accessed it last month, either.]   
   > >   
   > > (The file is DesktopOK_2023-05-06_2-11-40_1366x768.dok, which suggests   
   > > that's when I created - not modified! - it, though that wouldn't have   
   > > been on this computer; so the "Created" date _might_ be correct.)   
   >   
   >   Your scenario happens if you *copy* an existing file. I.e the   
   > *original* file has Created: on or before 2023-May-6, but the *copy* of   
   > the file was created on 2025-May-26.   
   >   
   >   Just as a test, I copied (with File Explorer Copy/Paste) a file which   
   > was Created/Modified/Accessed at 10:46.   
   >   
   >   The copy has Created/Accessed at 14:39 (now), but Modified is still   
   > 10:46.   
   >   
   >   Because the file was copied, Accessed of the original file is now also   
   > 14:39 (can't copy a file without accessing it).   
   >   
   >   N.B. There are some tools which can set/reset certain timestamps after   
   > the fact, but a simple copy will do what I desrcibed.   
      
   I have 'Attribute Changer' by Romain Petges:   
      
   https://www.petges.lu   
   (Mine is an older vn: 6.0a)   
      
      
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