Bug? Filename Modify of multiple chgs created date / time

[Mike Mayne]

Bug or Feature? When I use the 'Filename Modify' function (not regex) on multiple files, I find that all of the file creation date / time values for all of the files that were selected are reset to the date and time of the first file:

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abst940OOOOOOOOO.txt             2,846   2013/03/12  13:43:20  2013/03/12  13:43:20  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt  ABST94~1.TXT
abst940OOOOOOOO.txt              2,905   2013/04/09  15:40:36  2013/04/09  15:40:36  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt  ABST94~2.TXT
abst940OOOOOOO.txt               3,344   2013/05/14  14:03:10  2013/05/14  14:03:10  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt  ABST94~3.TXT
abst940OOOOOO.txt                3,875   2013/06/14  16:50:16  2013/06/14  16:50:16  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt  ABST94~4.TXT
abst940OOOOO.txt                 4,750   2013/09/13  08:03:10  2013/09/13  08:03:10  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt  ABD817~1.TXT
abst940OOOO.txt                  5,874   2013/11/01  11:59:44  2013/11/01  11:59:44  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt  ABD394~1.TXT
abst940OOO.txt                   6,513   2014/01/10  15:46:50  2014/01/10  15:46:50  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt  AB2775~1.TXT
abst940OO.txt                    7,874   2014/04/30  16:00:14  2014/04/30  16:00:14  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt  AB3488~1.TXT
abst940O.txt                     8,382   2014/07/09  16:16:18  2014/07/09  16:16:18  2013/03/12  13:43:20  A  txt
abst940.txt                      8,382   2014/07/09  16:16:18  2014/07/09  16:16:18  2014/07/09  16:16:18  A  txt

If you look at the last two files in the listing, they are the same file - the bottom one was freshly extracted from an archive, and the one above it was previously extracted and renamed. If it's a feature, I want a way to control it. If it's a bug...

Thanks.
-Mike

(p.s. I think this product is "The greatest thing since sliced bread!", and I would rather lose a couple of fingers than to go without it...)

[FileViewer]

When I use the 'Filename Modify' function (not regex) on multiple files, I find that all of the file creation date / time values for all of the files that were selected are reset to the date and time of the first file

Sorry, but I can't reproduce the problem - and I don't see any way that V can change the creation time of a file.

Are you sure that the creation times were different just before you modified the file names?

Is it possible to send me a set of files that I can use to reproduce the problem? If so, please send to v at fileviewer.com

[Mike Mayne]

My apologies, I've recreated the problem, and it's not V (sorry!). I'm down to 2 (and only 2) possible culprits: it's either a Win7 bug (less likely), or a WinZip Self Extractor bug (more likely). You'd have to see it to believe it. I can post (or e-mail) the recreate (with sample files) if you are interested...

Sorry for the false alarm.

[FileViewer]

You'd have to see it to believe it.

I assume that the problem is happening when the files are being extracted from a ZIP. Is that right? If so, have you tried extracting them with V?

If it isn't too much trouble, you can post a file in this forum in case someone else has the same problem.