In Windows 7 or 8 (and maybe before that) if I view the properties of a document, I get all sorts of meta information. I'm interested in the
Date created element and a
Content created element....
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posted by kbanas
on Mar 4, 2013 -
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Moving games and files from a working laptop to a new desktop. Both will be WIN 7...
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posted by efalk
on Feb 7, 2013 -
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How can I set up a Windows 7 PC to be clean and stay clean? I don't want file bits and temporary files to clog it up, I don't want a million image files the size of a dot. I don't want this computer to run like molasses after a few years of web browsing and use. What is the best way to do that?
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posted by cashman
on Oct 12, 2012 -
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I have an old hard drive that was password locked. I can't boot from it, but I can get to the files. I have to change permissions for every single file before I can copy it over, is there a way to do that for everything at once?
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posted by Dynex
on Aug 21, 2012 -
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In Windows 7, I have several examples of identically-named files in the same folder. As far as I know, this shouldn't be possible. Any ideas about why this would have happened and how to fix it?
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posted by FreelanceBureaucrat
on Aug 12, 2012 -
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I have questions about how to use the new directory structures we now have under Windows 7 and Vista.
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posted by crapmatic
on Jan 10, 2012 -
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I bought a
Belkin Easy Transfer USB Cable for Windows 7 thinking it would act much like a direct crossover cable connection would. Instead, it only seems to let me transfer the files and folders needed to set up your old Windows profile on a new copy of Windows, rather than giving me access to all files, folders and partitions, which is what I need. Is there a hack to get this cable to do what I want it to do?
posted by Effigy2000
on Nov 27, 2011 -
3 answers
Windows 7 changed my folder view for one of my folders to show only mp3 information. I have a bunch of mp3s in there, but the folder isn't all mp3s, how do i go back to the normal view where it just shows size, date modified, etc?
posted by empath
on Jan 25, 2011 -
2 answers
How can I retrieve messages from Outlook Express and transfer them to Outlook 2007? Complications inside.
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posted by ninazer0
on Jun 14, 2010 -
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How do I move captured pictures from my iPod to my computer? Last week I could see the iPod's directory in Windows Explorer. Now I cannot.
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posted by Drasher
on Mar 3, 2010 -
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Is there an app for Windows that you know of for hunting down and eradicating multiple copies of the same files?
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posted by Unhyper
on Dec 13, 2009 -
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Hi AskMeFi. Can someone tell me how to combine 350 text files into one large text file so that the
original filenames and dates are included above (or below) each entry? I'm using Vista Home Premium and they are all generic .txt files. I'm moving all of my notes into Evernote but want to save the names and dates of the individual txt files.
posted by chimrichalds
on Sep 12, 2009 -
15 answers
I have a portable usb hard drive that I use for keeping all my documents / backups on. Windows seems to love using this drive for everything, for example I am installing IE7 from windows update, and it is using the drive to hold all the temporary files during the install. Because of this the drive is always in use and I can never eject it.
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posted by Syntoad
on Feb 17, 2009 -
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windowsprogramming filter - I want a program running under Windows to be notified whenever a particular file(s) is/are modified. Need some keywords to help my searches about this facility.
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posted by southof40
on Nov 8, 2007 -
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Is there a utility (freeware or not) that will allow me to specify a directory in Windows XP and monitor that directory for any changes to files (access time, modified time, etc..)?
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posted by KevinSkomsvold
on Oct 8, 2007 -
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I have a bunch of files, in a nested directory structure. I'd like to collapse the directory structure and move all the files into one folder, preferably sorting them by file extension or name. How do I do this as quickly and easily as possible in WinXP? (Using Cygwin is OK if that's the only way to do it.)
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posted by Kadin2048
on May 9, 2007 -
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Is it possible for Windows 2000/XP (or more properly, an NTFS disk volume) to "collapse" under the weight of too many files?
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posted by chef_boyardee
on Feb 1, 2007 -
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I used to have a little software application that would assess my hard drive and display a colorful pie graph of folders and subfolders, so that it was very easy to visually determine the location of the file bulk. Does anyone remember what I'm talking about? Bonus points for freeware.
posted by abbyladybug
on Aug 25, 2006 -
14 answers
How can I set Mac OS X so that it doesn't create .DS_Store, .Trashes, and ._* files on USB drives I work with?
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posted by odinsdream
on Aug 23, 2006 -
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I need to move thousands of files (01_preview.jpg, 02_preview.jpg, 03_preview.jpg, etc.) into matching (pre-existing) folders whose names are basically the same as the filenames (folder names are 01, 02, 03, etc.) I'm on a Windows box. Is this a good job for a .BAT file? Can you help me write such a .BAT file? (Online tutorials for batch files have not helped me so far.)
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posted by chr1sb0y
on Feb 6, 2006 -
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I have several thousand html files that I need to edit, basically removing a block of text from each. Does anyone know a Windows app (preferably free) that will mass-edit a folder of files?
posted by kickerofelves
on Jan 8, 2005 -
12 answers
Is there any way to recover files saved under a temporary profile in Windows XP? (MI)
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posted by brookedel
on Oct 21, 2004 -
4 answers
I need a search tool replacement for the built-in windows XP search, or suggestions for it. I have a lot of files on different drives in different directories (C:\AA F:\BB ...) and I when I want to find a specific file that I know is in one of those directories, I have to select and search each directory one at a time. (searching all folders on all drives would take too long.) Anyway to make this quicker?
posted by Iax
on Oct 18, 2004 -
7 answers
The bell tolls for ME. Help this loser to upgrade from Windows ME to XP Pro. [4 questions inside...]
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posted by Termite
on May 2, 2004 -
12 answers
Any easy way to uncompress about 400 zip archives in a Windows XP directory? I thought I was smart but this problem has made me feel dumb.
posted by johnnydark
on Jan 14, 2004 -
10 answers
How can one get at files "encrypted" by Windows XP when the installation that created them is no longer accessible?
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posted by Aaorn
on Dec 22, 2003 -
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