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John

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Oct 16, 2005, 10:10:30 AM10/16/05
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Due to renames and file moves etc. the date in explorer for a lot of
my word documents does not match the real date. e.g. for xyz.doc
windows explorer reports the date modified = 03/08/2005, date created
03/08/2005 and date accessed 16/10/2005.

The dates in word are Date created 09/03/2001 and date last saved =
09/03/2001.

The dates held within word are correct.

Is there a way to set the windows explorer dates "correctly" i.e. so
that explorer date modified = word date last saved and explorer
created = word created?

Thanks

John
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Jay Freedman

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Oct 16, 2005, 5:18:55 PM10/16/05
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You're looking for a Windows version of the Unix utility named
"touch". You may find them on the Internet by searching with Google,
but be careful -- many of them are able to change only the modified
date. Here's a free one that can change all three dates, but has only
a command-line interface:
http://www.softtreetech.com/24x7/archive/47.htm
This one has a dialog-based interface and costs $12:
http://www.tomdownload.com/new_add/new200311/attribute_magic.htm

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John

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Oct 17, 2005, 1:01:53 PM10/17/05
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Jay Freedman

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Oct 17, 2005, 4:26:08 PM10/17/05
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I answered your identical question in this newsgroup yesterday.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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