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NewFileTime is simple to use, and allows you to set a date from a calendar or by entering a certain number of dates. |
Every file on your computer is assigned "attributes", which include its availability, along with three different time and date settings that show when the file was created on your computer (or another one, if you copy it), when you last looked at it, and when you last used it.
Sometimes you want to change these, for various reasons. For example, you may want to prevent people from editing your manuscript, in which case you could add a "read-only" attribute, meaning you could look at the file but not change it.
You can change these fairly easily. Find the file in Windows Explorer. Right click with the mouse and choose Properties.
At the bottom of the first, "General" tab, you'll usually see three Attributes tick boxes, which you can change as you wish.
You may also want to change file dates and times - say, to make all the photos of the wedding the same date as the ceremony. Of course you should never change the date or time just to "prove" to the boss you had to stay late to finish his report.
NewFileTime is a tiny (19KB) download and standalone (no installation) program that changes dates and times easily. By the way, get the Unicode version if you download anything, because that one speaks Thai.
The easiest way to start work is to find the files you want to change in Windows Explorer, and drag them into the small window of NewFileTime. There is no real limit on the number, although all will be changed to one date and time.
The default menu allows you to choose the dates yourself, and provides a calendar to help. If you click on the tabs captioned older and younger, an equally simple menu there lets you enter the number of days to change the date by.
In all the cases, the program instantly shows you what your choice will be in case you click the small red button to go ahead and do it.
By the way, the Reset button is not an Undo. It means, rather, to remove the file or files that you have dragged into the program so that you can start again.
NewFileTime is from a German-based web site that has some excellent small tools, but this link (tinyurl.com/6f67oo) will take you directly to NewFileTime.
Email: wandasloan@gmail.com.
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