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

From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 10/08/05 

Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 11:43:10 +1000

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?

<donnadigacomo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>