KamyKaze

From the F.A.Q of that Petges freeware: Also I've tried Attribute Magic without sucess but with more informative messages. For folders it's still "Acess denied" (probably for the reason above) but for files it cannot change it informs that they're "being used by running processes". So I feel I'm trying to move the car by pushing while I'm in it. Maybe I can push it if I get out. To DOS that is. Problem is while there are tens of this utils for windows they are prety rare and undocumented for DOS

Well I don't know, does it? I cannot test it because the publisher's site no longer lists it. If you think you know an app that works please test stamp some system folder like History or Nethood. Thanks for the reply anyway

Ok! So I've installed, customized and tuned up my system (98 SE SP 1.1 + 98SE2ME + Maximum-Decim USB drivers + others) but only now I noticed that a lot of my OS files show 2017 or 2031 modified and created dates! After setting straight the system clock I'm now faced with the choice of either date stamping the affected files or starting all over I DLd and tried various date stamping utils for Windows that fail to correct the problem. I think they're stopped by Windows system file protection mechanisms. DOS could possibly be the solution but, although I did find a TOUCH.EXE 1- I'm not sure if it is compatible with windows files (32b, LFN & all that) 2- I don't know/remember how to feed it the list of files/folders to change. 3- In fact I don't know how to generate that list(s) (no search by date on DOS). Any help most appreciated.