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list files access and modification date/time
Hi Experts
I have a file server running windows 2000 server.
User have lots of files stored on a share and I need to make free space.
How do I list the files that have not been accessed/modified recently? I would like to move or get rid of files and folders that have not been used for a long time.
Thank you,
I have a file server running windows 2000 server.
User have lots of files stored on a share and I need to make free space.
How do I list the files that have not been accessed/modified recently? I would like to move or get rid of files and folders that have not been used for a long time.
Thank you,
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I have installed power shell and tested the command.
How do I get the last accessed time, for reading.
Thank you,
How do I get the last accessed time, for reading.
Thank you,
Change LastWriteTime to LastAccessTime.
Or in Windows Explorer, just right click on the column headers, and select to add a column - put a tick/check in "Last Accessed"...
And then obviously just sort by that column
And then obviously just sort by that column
And if you have hundreds (thousands) subfolders? You'll use GUI to maintain it?
Hahah of course not - I'd use a vbscript to look after it. But the OP didnt mention how many folders his FS had. Most are kept sorted into a sensible order - I keep the root folder limited to Departmental folders, and make the Dept managers look after archiving of old files :-)
ASKER
thanks
ASKER
Could you give an advise on how to get powershell and how to point to the target folders that are in the windows 2000 file server?
Thank you,