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How is it possible that the "created" timestamp for a file is later than the "last modified" one?

I discovered this while looking at the file properties in File Explorer in Windows 10 for some old .wav sound files I recorded using my voice with a microphone using Audacity and never modified since. ...
Clenon Cowham's user avatar
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Finding files by time of day

Is it possible to search for files (in Windows) by a specific time of day (or range of times) irrespective of the date? For example, I have a folder full of screenshots and I need to select the ones ...
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How to make Windows Explorer file properties show exact times?

When I bring up file properties, I don't want my OS to round off values for me. But to my surprise, I click on a file, open properties, and see: Created: Today, June 11, 2015, 4 hours ago Modified:...
Robert Kerr's user avatar
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What is the range of dates that windows explorer can display?

I want to set the created date on some old scanned pictures to a date in 1970. If I do that using a third party tool, Windows explorer displays the date as blank. I thought NTFS could go back to the ...
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What is the "Date" column in Windows 7 explorer? It matches no date column from Windows XP explorer

I can't get myself to understand what the default "Date" column in Windows 7 Explorer is. It's not the creation date really and it's not the modified date ... What is it? Anyone knows what Microsoft ...
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