File Modified Date

[Jason]

Why does the modified date change on a Powerpoint file
when I just open and close the file without saving it? I
am talking about the date that shows up in file explorer
when you have it set in 'Details' view.

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Probably because it saves the total editing time
If that's the case then a policy can be applied not to track editing time,
which should keep the time fixed.

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Shyam Pillai

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[Shyam Pillai]

Hi Steve,
In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\General

Create:
NoTrack (DWORD) (0|1)

1 to disable tracking. Might need a restart.
If active it will show editing time = 0 mins in the statistics tab.


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Shyam Pillai

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[Shyam Pillai]

I tried the same and got similar results. Perplexed I changed the system by
a few hours and then repeated the excercise, sure enough the file access
times updated to the new time, merely by right-clicking on the files and
selecting properties.

For most part I agree with the findings of this poster:
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&[email protected]