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It seems to be working for the folders and files I tested it on, thanks! I will probably try to modify it myself when I have more time.

No, as stated before though hard to catch since the quoting/reply system is a bit wonky here, Robocopy does not copy over date accessed, I think, for folders. This does not matter too much, but I was hoping that the script by StefanM can be modified to do so.

I did it with powershell:

$sourceDirectory = "B:\your_daten\source\"


StefanM, 23 May 2023, 08:33

Hello again! Do you think you can make a script that can sync date created, date modified and date accessed for both files AND folders?

However, some very minor limitations/issues of this program I found is concerning the base folder directory in "Source" where I need to check "Include the folder itself" and set the "Copy to" folder as one directory above for the date created and date modified timestamps to work for the base ...

Hey, thanks for bringing up the use of Robocopy. I followed the documentation (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy) and tried as many command/flag combinations as possible but could not get date accessed to copy from a folder in the source folder ...

Hey all, I am a new user of FFS (FreeFileSync) but the lack of syncing timestamps on Windows 10 which does not seem to do this by default just makes me go, "Oh ffs!". Sorry lame joke, I love this program. :)

However, I would like to ask about the copying over of date created, date modified and date ...