How to change file creation time in the different file systems
Is there a tool that would allow me to change the file creation time and file modified time on a list of files?
Must be able to work in the NTFS and FAT32 file systems.
Solution 1:
Total Commander is of course the answer to all file management problems! However if you only want to change dates (and other file properties), Better File Attributes is a cheaper alternative.
It's a shell extension (added to the context menu of files) that allows you to change creation, access and modification date and time.
If you want a freeware application, SetFileDate will do the trick too.
Solution 2:
This can be done by using powershell to modify a list of FileInfo objects, for example:
Get-ChildItem G:\test\*.bak | foreach { $_.CreationTime = get-date "1/1/1982 1:00 pm"; $_.LastWriteTime = (get-date).AddDays(-1)}
Solution 3:
Total Commander enables you to change creation date and time for a file.
- select one or more files
- select menu Files -> Change attributes
- in lower part of the form that opened click More attributes button
- for property select creationdate to change time and date (creatiotime if you only want to change time)
- click on >> button and enter value for date and time you want, then click OK