Selected File: Attribute Changer File Maintenance
by Romain Petges
available versions:
Attribute Changer v6.0a
Attribute Changer v5.23
Have you ever used the Windows' file and folder property sheet to change attributes within en masse ?
If so, I'm sure you hate it ... it's the well known all or none approach ... but don't despair, here is Attribute Changer.
Attribute Changer is a power user tool to change all kind of file and folder attributes, date and time and even NTFS compression. It features an easy to use interface and is loaded with exciting features. English, French, German, Italian and Spanish language support..
Basic features
› Change standard attributes
› Change date and time
› Online error reporting
› Online help
› Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista shell integration
Basic features include changing file and folder attributes within en masse. Be aware that not all attributes are available on every Windows platform, but Attribute Changer is smart enough to handle all these exceptions without problems.
A really useful feature is the compression/decompression of files stored on the Windows NT/2000 and XP/Vista NTFS file system. Attribute Changer has an optimized algorithm for changing attributes so that even open files not requesting an exclusive access can be manipulated. This is only true for standard attribute changes, not date, time and compression state changes.
Furthermore, date and time on files and folders can be partially changed. In this case, you can advise Attribute Changer not to change the whole object data, but only parts such as day, month, year, seconds, minutes or hours.
All files that were locked during the processing are logged dynamically when they are accessed by Attribute Changer's processing engine. The progress can be monitored on the "Activity and Results" tab.
Advanced features
› Compress files (NT/2000/XP/Vista using NTFS)
› Partial date/time modifications
› Define file/folder filters
› Define file/folder exceptions
› Recurse folders if desired
› Save settings for further use
› Self-healing application
Filters and exceptions should be used to fine tune the process. Filters include attributes, size, date and time. Be aware that not all filter options are available on every Windows platform. For example, you can filter the objects based on date and attributes. You can even ignore some attributes by graying out the option in the attribute filter settings.
Attribute Changer allows you to repair corrupt file and folder dates. Corrupt dates are represented by values not falling in the range from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 2099. They can be repaired by checking the corresponding option in the file and folder filters and specifying a valid date in the file and folder attributes tab.
Exceptions should be used to filter out files and directory entries.
Be aware that the folder exceotions did not exclude the folder with its
files, it only filters out the directory name. Using wildcards (* and ?)
greatly improves the possibilities of exceptions.
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