How do you disable the "last accessed" attribute on NTFS/Windows?
Solution 1:
fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
But be careful, some program (especially backup programs) might need this.
Solution 2:
The HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate (docs) registry entry is a REG_DWORD that can be:
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0: update the last-access timestamp, and record each change in the NTFS log (default) -
1: don't update the last-access timestamp, and don't record time stamp updates in the NTFS log
Whether it makes much difference is debatable.
JR