Desperate Help Needed: How to check if files have been modified?

Also, ask the people who share your Dropbox account if they did in fact edit any of your pdf files.

Consider controlling access to your files if it's that important.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
One of the best ways I know to do this is actually to use a Linux utility -- I know this involves a bit of extra work but IMO well worth while

Load a Live distro of Linux and then install Kompare (or run from a Linux VM) -- you need KDE desktop (quite Windows like BTW)

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Another good one also on Linux is Kdiff3 as this can compare directories as well plus etc all sorts of useful stuff. For example Files in Dir A that aren't in B, Files in B that aren't in A etc -- very handy when tidying up NAS servers etc.

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Sometimes the best tools are on other systems --don't be afraid to use them. !!!

I use these regularly - plus you avoid the NTFS restriction of File + directory name lengths.

Cheers
jimbo

This looks perfect for me, but it seems like a lot of work to install a virtual machine or run a Linux distro via my DVD drive just to use one app... Do you know of any apps that are made for Windows and are available on the Microsoft Store?

Thanks!

NiceAndShy said:

This looks perfect for me, but it seems like a lot of work to install a virtual machine or run a Linux distro via my DVD drive just to use one app... Do you know of any apps that are made for Windows and are available on the Microsoft Store?

Thanks!

Yes, but it's not the built in W10 solution you said you wanted. The fc command is extremely simple unless you have many files to compare.