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Asked: 2026-06-16T19:38:25+00:00

(Get-Item $SymLink).LastWriteTime return’s the SymLink’s last modified time and not the target’s modified time.

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(Get-Item $SymLink).LastWriteTime return’s the SymLink’s last modified time and not the target’s modified time.

How do I get the target’s last modified time?

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  1. Editorial Team

    There appears to be no direct way, thus for now this will have to be done in two steps-

    1. Get the path of the SymLink’s target
    2. Get the LastWriteTime from the target’s path

    To determine if its a symlink: Check if SymLink – PowerShell
    To get the path:

    1. use the Dir command’s summary output – from which the target information can be snipped out – using RegEx.
    2. or using Native API Call: GetFinalPathNameByHandle; see: Calling Unmanaged Code
      from PS
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