![]() More recent versions of BulkFileChanger (since v1. It also supports other functions like batch changing file attributes (eg. A FILE argument that does not exist is created empty, unless -c or -h is supplied. Nirsoft’s BulkFileChanger supports batch & recursive ‘Copy Time from’ (respective selected timestamp field, or from selected file). Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time. from ‘Date Modified’ to ‘Date Created’, & vice versa) would have done the job in 1-2 secs w/o any laborious manual input. What a dull, tedious process that’s also prone to manual data-entry error at every step.Ī batch timestamp-copy function (eg. I assume the correct ‘Date Created’ timestamps for the individual files are in fact those shown in the respective ‘Date Modified’ field.Īnd poor Ashley would have to manually input the correct timestamps for each file into the ‘New Date’ &/or ‘New Time’ fields, before drag-dropping the file onto the program’s GUI for the change to be effected. Taking Ashley’s sample screenshot of “a bunch of documents with incorrect created dates” in the ‘Test Folder’ as an example. You can also edit any file attributes which can be found on the lower half of the window. You can edit the details down to the second and you can adjust the file times by adding or subtracting time. Crucially, there is no function to copy from a selected timestamp field. You can change the file’s date and time as well as any file attributes by pressing F6 to bring up the options window. After testing the program, I find it (at least in its current form) way too limited for most use cases. This is as basic a 'Touch' program as youll find. I didn’t run it through a translator, but I guess it’s an alert message telling me that the target file is currently in use & so its timestamp can’t be changed.ģ. For instance, it gave me a popup with all Japanese text. Not all of its popup messages are translated into English. Right click to Restart Explorer, then Restart PC. Even better, aim for a more unique name such as “OGA Timestamper”.Ģ. 1) Right click Start button to open Task Manager, show More Details, then choose Processes tab, scroll down to Windows Processes, then further down to Windows Explorer. Even “OGA Change Timestamp” (after its developer OGA) is more memorable & findable than its current generic name. TOUCH / /A:-+rhsdaecjot /C /CD /Dacwdate /E /F /Itext /N /O:-acdeginorstuz /Q /R:acw file /S+n /Tacwuhh:mm:ss.dd file. The program could have been better named to improve its search-engine discoverability.
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