Change folder creation date to match newest file inside?


  1. Posts : 171
    Windows 10
       #1

    Change folder creation date to match newest file inside?


    Windows 10 x64 20H2

    There's one root folder with a lot of subfolders. Each subfolder has one or more subfolders which have the files.
    I need to copy out every file created since October 2020, by selecting the second level folders so that their subfolders and all files in them are kept organized. Doesn't matter if some of the files in a second level folder are older - as long as there's one new file they all need to be copied.

    The problem is I copied ALL of this to a new drive in early 2020 so Windows of course stamped it all with that as the creation date. Second level folders created since the copy are easy to sort out, but there have been many new, updated, or replaced files in the older folders.

    G:\MainFolder\ChangeThisFolder'sDate\SecondLevelFolder\OlderFile.ext
    ------------------------------------------------------\AnotherSecondLevelFolder\NewerFile.ext

    Change creation date of ChangeThisFolder'sDate to match that of NewerFile.ext, automatically so it doesn't have to be done manually with some utility several hundred times.
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  2. Posts : 1,807
    Windows 10 Pro 21H1 19043.1348
       #2

    I'm not certain if I understand exactly how you want to make changes but check this app I use for single files.

    I believe it will change files & or folders in bulk.

    Attribute Changer 9.0 | Attribute Changer
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  3. Posts : 14,024
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
       #3

    Some of the free or paid third-party file managers have that capability, to name a few.
    Total Commander
    FreeCommander
    MultiCommander
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  4. Posts : 23,292
    Win 10 Home ♦♦♦19045.4355 (x64) [22H2]
       #4

    Isn't that what the "date modified" column heading is for? Or am I missing something?
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  5. Posts : 14,024
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
       #5

    The column headings in File Explorer are to be clicked to change the line-up of the files, ascending or descending, not to change anything except how they are viewed.
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