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Usher
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by *Usher » 2019-08-23, 22:34 UTC
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There's a problem in Windows XP, when dealing with any folder containing index.dat file. Using setfolderdate plugin for such folders always ends with error message like below:
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C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
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Failed to get last write time.
As index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer, it's possible that the same error message will show in Windows Vista and Windows 7 using IE8. IE11 in Windows 7 and newer systems doesn't use those files and there's no such a problem with setfolderdate.
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by *mikedepetris » 2019-08-24, 06:33 UTC
Usher wrote: ↑2019-08-23, 22:34 UTC
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There's a problem in Windows XP, when dealing with any folder containing index.dat file. Using setfolderdate plugin for such folders always ends with error message like below:
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C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
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Failed to get last write time.
As index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer, it's possible that the same error message will show in Windows Vista and Windows 7 using IE8. IE11 in Windows 7 and newer systems doesn't use those files and there's no such a problem with setfolderdate.
Even when you run TC as Administrator?
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by *tbeu » 2019-08-24, 12:30 UTC
Usher wrote: ↑2019-08-23, 22:34 UTC
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There's a problem in Windows XP, when dealing with any folder containing index.dat file. Using setfolderdate plugin for such folders always ends with error message like below:
Code: Select all
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
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Failed to get last write time.
As index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer, it's possible that the same error message will show in Windows Vista and Windows 7 using IE8. IE11 in Windows 7 and newer systems doesn't use those files and there's no such a problem with setfolderdate.
I already try to retrieve the last write time using two different API calls, see
https://gitlab.com/tbeu/wcx_setfolderdate/blob/e09dad025666cb4ea7a1872efdf571051c73e596/src/wcx_setfolderdate.cpp#L59-75. I have no chance to reproduce and also no good idea what I could improve here.
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by *Usher » 2019-08-24, 15:08 UTC
mikedepetris wrote: ↑2019-08-24, 06:33 UTC
Usher wrote: ↑2019-08-23, 22:34 UTC
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There's a problem in Windows XP,
Even when you run TC as Administrator?
I am a user with Administrator rights in
Windows XP. There's no UAC here, and it doesn't matter. I have no access to my own NTUSER.DAT and ntuser.dat.LOG content in TC (both open and locked by OS), but I can see their attributes (including timestamps) in directory listing. And I can browse index.dat files and even change their timestamps using TC. The files are just always open and used by the system (Explorer/shell and other apps using Explorer/IE libs) - you can't delete them.
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You don't need to open any file to read its attributes from MFT/FAT table.
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by *Horst.Epp » 2019-08-24, 15:31 UTC
I think using a util like FolderTimeUpdate from Nirsoft would be the better way
to make this job and it contains all settings one may search for.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/folder_time_update.html
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by *tbeu » 2019-08-24, 18:29 UTC
Usher wrote: ↑2019-08-24, 15:08 UTC
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You don't need to open any file to read its attributes from MFT/FAT table.
Reading
MSDN: First parameter of GetFileTime is the file handle which must have been created using the CreateFile function with the GENERIC_READ access right.
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by *Dalai » 2019-08-24, 19:01 UTC
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Maybe
FindFirstFile is better in such a case? WIN32_FINDDATA structure contains all three file times, too.
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by *tbeu » 2019-08-24, 20:37 UTC
Dalai wrote: ↑2019-08-24, 19:01 UTC
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Maybe
FindFirstFile is better in such a case? WIN32_FINDDATA structure contains all three file times, too.
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Good point. Please try
SetFolderDate version 1.2.0.0.
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by *Usher » 2019-08-24, 23:41 UTC
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Now it works OK and seems to be faster. Just one little thing - could you use shorter "extension" - setDIRdate or DIRdate? TC uses <DIR> name…
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by *tbeu » 2019-08-25, 17:54 UTC
@Usher
Thanks for confirmation. Will fix the default "extension" with the next update.
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by *Usher » 2019-10-21, 23:48 UTC
2tbeu
You should change icon for Redate. It's invisible in dark mode.
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by *tbeu » 2019-10-25, 12:53 UTC
Which icon actually?
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by *Usher » 2019-10-25, 13:10 UTC
Of course the default one, added to buttonbar. Currently it's a "Redate" text, black on a transparent background, with no light border around letters.
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by *tbeu » 2019-10-28, 08:34 UTC
There is no icon in SetFolderDate.wcx.
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by *Usher » 2019-10-28, 11:32 UTC
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I mean Redate util (addon, exe) as in the topic title, not your SetFolderDate plugin. Sorry for wrong addressing.
@moderators: Could you change titles in this topic, please? It's NOT about Redate util so it's misleading. "Change date of" or "Change timestamp of" will be better.
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