Question

I have created the below script, which has been tested and working successfully, to amend the ‘Last Modified Date’ of all files contained in the selected folder.

$a = Get-Date "22/11/2012 10:00 AM"

$b = Get-ChildItem "C:\MyFiles"

foreach ($i in $b)
{
    $i.LastWriteTime = $a
    $a = $a.AddMinutes(1)    
}

$b

I am just looking for some help amending this script to include all subfolders/file within the selected folder, as I am currently having to amend this manually to change the date within the sub-folders of “C:\MyFiles”.. for e.g. “C:\MyFiles\A”, “C:\MyFiles\B”.. etc.

In addition.. I was also wondering how I can remove the line “$a = Get-Date “22/11/2012 10:00 AM” so that it automatically sets the date to todays, and I do not have to enter a date manually.

Answer 1

like this?

    $a = get-date
    $b = Get-ChildItem "C:\MyFiles" -recurse | ? { !$_.psiscontainer }
    foreach ($i in $b)
    {
        $i.LastWriteTime = $a 
        $a = $a.AddMinutes(1)    
    }

    $b

or if you don’t need to add a minute after each file:

     $dir = read-host "Insert path"
     $b = Get-ChildItem $dir -recurse | ? { !$_.psiscontainer }
    foreach ($i in $b)
    {
        $i.LastWriteTime = get-date               
    }

    $b