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File creation time incorrect in XP Pro SP2
I've noticed that the file creation date associated with files is
sometimes incorrect and is unreliable. It appears that if I have had a file with the same name in the past, it uses the original date/time that is was created and not the new date/time. Here's a simple test to show you what I mean: 1. In any folder, right click in Windows Explorer and select New / Text Document. 2. Right-click the new file and go into properties and note the creation date is correct and matches with the modified date. 3. Delete the file. 4. Repeat steps 1 and 2 and note the creation date is the original date/time from the first file and not the second. Why does this work this way? I need to know when a certain file is destroyed and recreated. What can I look at to determine this? The modified date is no good as it gets updated as well and I'm not interested in that. Any help will be muchly appreciated. Thanks, Darren. |
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File creation time incorrect in XP Pro SP2
Darren wrote:
I've noticed that the file creation date associated with files is sometimes incorrect and is unreliable. It appears that if I have had a file with the same name in the past, it uses the original date/time that is was created and not the new date/time. Here's a simple test to show you what I mean: When you create a file its creation date is recorded. If you update a file, even as comprehensively as by overwriting it totally, that creation date is not changed -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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