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Attribute Changer Gives You Total File Control
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 10:30 PM on October 2, 2008
Windows only: Attribute Changer, a free right-click utility, gives you total control over everything reported by a file to your system. Right-click one or many files and choose "Change Attributes," and you can enable or disable read-only status, hiding, indexing, and even NTFS compression. You can change the file's date of creation, modification and last access, and tweak a photo's time of taking. Great for those files that get erroneously labelled as made on Jan. 1, 1969, and always get lost in searches, or fixing date issues with a photo collection. Attribute Changer is a free download for Windows systems only.
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jbarr
Posted 11:11 PM 2/10/08
This is a slink little utility with functions that used to be available only in just a few "for pay" products. It seems to be implemented very well, and it is very easy to use. While the concept of this program is certainly nothing new, I just hope that the ability to so easily change file's attributes such as creation date or last modification date isn't abused.
jbarr
cbh
Posted 12:34 AM 3/10/08
@jbarr: I completely agree with your last statement. This could definitely be abused. I'm an attorney, and my first thought was what my clients could do with this to "better" their situation. But I guess the same could be said of most technology anymore.
cbh
googeling
Posted 1:06 AM 3/10/08
@jbarr: Changing file timestamps, like this tool? : FileDate Changer v1.1
Yes, a real concern indeed.
I made a tool to specifically reveal hidden MS Word documents, they can be downloaded here. It's called DocHideMeNot, useful for revealing your documents hidden by malwares...
googeling
Astraljack
Posted 2:02 AM 3/10/08
In a file-attribute-related tangent, does anyone know of a utility that will let me define which file attributes are displayed in an explorer window, and then copy that display setting across other directories (but not set it globally)?
Essentially, I'd like to create a new folder category like "Music" or "Pictures".
Astraljack
KeelySatyr
Posted 1:44 AM 3/10/08
Changing the file dates is nothing new... Are there cases where these dates have been used as evidence? Every guy could change it by simply adjusting it's systems clock and delete/save the file, no?
KeelySatyr
gr1bb
Posted 11:26 PM 2/10/08
Wow. Downloaded, installed and used. Beautiful utility that I wish could also be run as command line. <3
gr1bb
EdwardEquiflux
Posted 11:21 PM 2/10/08
Dont use this in the Enterprise for adjusting modidied dates, Adjusting a files modified date can affect weather the nightly backup systems will back it up or not!
EdwardEquiflux
JeRrYFaR
Posted 8:21 AM 3/10/08
@Astraljack:
I think xplorer2 does that. I know I can define which file attributes are displayed, however I'm not sure about the other, but I'm sure it could be done.
JeRrYFaR
hnkelley
Posted 8:26 PM 6/10/08
@jbarr: It certainly has been abused, and will be again. In enterprise systems, however, backups help the legal situation since most (not all) people won't consider what was backed up the night before, let alone over the last month. The effectiveness of this, however, is limited to the length of the backup scheme and the foresight of the evil-doer.
hnkelley