forfiles.exe behavior.

Question

Hi everyone!

Is there a way to make '%SystemRoot%\system32\forfiles.exe / D -90' command sees the creation date of the file I just copied to a folder instead of creation date of the file itself? In other words, I copy a file that was created a long time ago to a folder and the copy keeps the old date of the file. If I use 'dir /T:C' command I can see real date the file was created in the folder. Perhaps, when I use '%SystemRoot%\system32\forfiles.exe / D -90' command it deletes the file I just copied?!!! What?

Hope I was clear enough.

Answer 1

Hi,

The forfiles.exe works with the last modified dates, not the creation dates. To get the files created more than 90 days ago you can try the powershell command

Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Folder" -File | Where-Object {$_.CreationTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-90)}  

Best Regards，
Ian

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Answer 2

Got it, moving to PS...

Thanks