Vista - change file's creation date

07-16-2009

I use the following to change a file's modify date. Is there anything
available to change the creation date?
I have thousands of scanned photos, know the date taken and want to replace
the scanned files date.

Set fi = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")._
GetFile(strFilePath)

CreateObject("Shell.Application")._
NameSpace(fi.ParentFolder & "\")._
ParseName(fi.Name)._
ModifyDate = newDate

thanks,
LJB

07-16-2009

"LJB" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I use the following to change a file's modify date. Is there anything
>available to change the creation date?
> I have thousands of scanned photos, know the date taken and want to
> replace the scanned files date.
>
> Set fi = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")._
> GetFile(strFilePath)
>
> CreateObject("Shell.Application")._
> NameSpace(fi.ParentFolder & "\")._
> ParseName(fi.Name)._
> ModifyDate = newDate
>
>
> thanks,
> LJB

I don't think that the Shell Application object can do it but touch.exe from
http://pobox.com/~stevemil certainly can.

07-16-2009

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> "LJB" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
> news:O78TA%23hBKHA.528@xxxxxx

Quote:

>>I use the following to change a file's modify date. Is there anything
>>available to change the creation date?
>> I have thousands of scanned photos, know the date taken and want to
>> replace the scanned files date.
>>
>> Set fi = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")._
>> GetFile(strFilePath)
>>
>> CreateObject("Shell.Application")._
>> NameSpace(fi.ParentFolder & "\")._
>> ParseName(fi.Name)._
>> ModifyDate = newDate
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>> LJB

>
> I don't think that the Shell Application object can do it but touch.exe
> from http://pobox.com/~stevemil certainly can.
>

Thanks, that will work.

07-16-2009	#1 (permalink)
LJB n/a posts	change file's creation date I use the following to change a file's modify date. Is there anything available to change the creation date? I have thousands of scanned photos, know the date taken and want to replace the scanned files date. Set fi = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")._ GetFile(strFilePath) CreateObject("Shell.Application")._ NameSpace(fi.ParentFolder & "\")._ ParseName(fi.Name)._ ModifyDate = newDate thanks, LJB
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07-16-2009	#2 (permalink)
Pegasus [MVP] n/a posts	Re: change file's creation date "LJB" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:O78TA%23hBKHA.528@xxxxxx Quote: >I use the following to change a file's modify date. Is there anything >available to change the creation date? > I have thousands of scanned photos, know the date taken and want to > replace the scanned files date. > > Set fi = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")._ > GetFile(strFilePath) > > CreateObject("Shell.Application")._ > NameSpace(fi.ParentFolder & "\")._ > ParseName(fi.Name)._ > ModifyDate = newDate > > > thanks, > LJB I don't think that the Shell Application object can do it but touch.exe from http://pobox.com/~stevemil certainly can.
My System Specs

07-16-2009	#3 (permalink)
LJB n/a posts	Re: change file's creation date "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%2300do8iBKHA.4432@xxxxxx Quote: > > "LJB" <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message > news:O78TA%23hBKHA.528@xxxxxx Quote: >>I use the following to change a file's modify date. Is there anything >>available to change the creation date? >> I have thousands of scanned photos, know the date taken and want to >> replace the scanned files date. >> >> Set fi = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")._ >> GetFile(strFilePath) >> >> CreateObject("Shell.Application")._ >> NameSpace(fi.ParentFolder & "\")._ >> ParseName(fi.Name)._ >> ModifyDate = newDate >> >> >> thanks, >> LJB > > I don't think that the Shell Application object can do it but touch.exe > from http://pobox.com/~stevemil certainly can. > Thanks, that will work.
My System Specs

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