C.G. You are correct. I had forgotten that Windows does not consider a rename to be a file change and therefore modified date is unaffected. Some comments I read say they do change the "accessed" date if the rename is done with GUI but not if done with CLI. If a backup system keys off the modified date to pick up files that have changed, these renamed files will be missed. What is worse, in my opinion, is that a list of renamed files based on date they were renamed is not possible with a date modified filter.
On a similar theme, when files are copied from one folder to another, the date created is reset even though the file is not new. Therefore you can't determine the actual creation date of a file after it has been moved. This comes into play when files are restored in the un-zip process. It would be great if the original creation date of the file could be utilized even if the file has been moved from one computer to another. The date accessed has problems also. It does not always mean the file has been opened. There are other things that change date accessed. In summary, Legacy is not at fault for the date modified being unaffected by a rename. Ron Taylor On Sunday, March 30, 2014 7:43 AM, C.G. Ouimet <[email protected]> wrote: Changing the name of the file in Windows doesn’t change the Create or Modified dates either … C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON From:Ron Taylor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: March 29, 2014 08:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Renaming Pictures I noticed also that the date and time of the picture file in Windows did not change when the filename was renamed by the Picture Center. That is important when trying to determine which picture files have been changed and may affect backup software when looking for changed files. Ron Taylor On Saturday, March 29, 2014 6:13 PM, Ron Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: I always use the "Rename" on the Attached Pics tab of Picture Center. Just tried it and it is working fine (version 8.0.0.414). I seem to remember that there are problems with the Rename on the Picture List tab even though the Help says they are the same. Be sure which tab is active when you Rename because the file that is being renamed is the highlighted one in the active tab. It is confusing that a filename in the Picture List panel and a filename in the Attached Pictures panel can both be highlighted since the preview of the picture in the active tab can only for one of them. Also, you don't enter the full path of the picture for the rename but only the filename excluding the extension. The rest of the path and the extension are retained for the new filename. Ron Taylor On Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:23 PM, Kirstin <[email protected]> wrote: I can't find anything about his in the help file. I have Version 8 on a Windows 7 computer. I renamed a large number of photos in the Picture Center (like I did with Version 7.5). Then I checked the media links before I went any further. Clearly I should have checked sooner. I now have 122 unlinked pictures. I tried the media relinker and all it did was delete the link. Not the least bit helpful. Anyone have any suggestions? 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