FilerMate

Every file on your computer contains more info than dedicated content. Surface data allows you to know when it was last modified, whether or not it can be edited, and more. In case you want to edit these sets of details, specialized applications like FilerMate need to be used, since there are not default Windows features.

You get to check out the set of features in no time at all. Once launched, the window shows up with its clean, intuitive design which makes it pretty easy to identify sections and change attributes. Target management areas can mean file filters, timestamp, as well as file attributes such as archive, hidden, or read only.

Selection can either be done for a single file or the content of an entire folder. Although dropping a file or folder over the main window has no effect, relying on the browse dialog doesn’t require much effort. Note that only when selecting a single file can you work on filters, such as file masks, and whether or not to include subdirectories in the process.

No value field is mandatory, and you’re free to change files the way you see fit. As far as timestamps are concerned, you can either copy existing data in between different field types like date of creation and last modified, or choose to inject a completely new time and date value for a field of choice.

Attributes can either be set from scratch or removed. You can work with attributes like archive, read only, system, or hidden. Sadly, these are not highlighted when choosing to remove attributes, so you need to make a lucky guess. Hitting the “execute” button almost instantly applies changes.

To sum it up, FilerMate is a quick, practical way of changing timestamps for the content of an entire folder with just a few mouse clicks. The configuration window is intuitive, with an easy method of selecting value fields to edit, and their new values either based on a single file, or a folder.