Update file or folder Date Modified

Question

I need to update the \"Date Modified\" property of files and folders as they are copied from one location to the other so that \"Date Modified\" = Current System Time. I ha

Answer 1

You could use powershell, which I believe is already installed on Windows 7 by default. Add this line to your batch file to run a powershell command that updates the timestamp on all files named Abandoned_Wire*.*:

powershell.exe -command "ls 'folder\Abandoned_Wire\*.*' | foreach-object { $_.LastWriteTime = Get-Date }"

What that line is doing is simply:

-command: tells powershell to run the following command and return immediately

ls: list all matching files at the path specified

foreach-object: run the following block on each file that ls found

$_.LastWriteTime = Get-Date: for each file, set the LastWriteTime to the value returned by Get-Date (today's date and time)