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Title: Wrong dates in Explorer (MY PC)
Post by: Phototaker on February 09, 2016, 06:07:41 pm

I got a new phone so I connected the old one to see if there were any old files worth keeping.  I found a series of audio files that were made a few years back.  Once copied to my PC I found that Explorer (My PC) displayed 'date created' as today & the actual date is displayed as 'date modified'. This is crazy as it's a reversal of reality.  Is this just another Windows 10 bug & is there a way to prevent this happening in the future?  I have had the same nonsense e in the past with pictures.

Title: Re: Wrong dates in Explorer (MY PC)
Post by: Boggin on February 10, 2016, 08:48:32 am

I think that's normal as when you access a file and copy it, that is the new version whether you've changed anything or not.

Title: Re: Wrong dates in Explorer (MY PC)
Post by: Shane on February 25, 2016, 12:49:23 pm

That is the correct way.

When you copied them to your computer they just got created there. So it gets todays date. But the last time the file was actually modified will be the last time it was changed. Thats why I always pay attention to date modified and not date created :-)

Shane