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With this script I pretend to replace robocopy: 
<a href="https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Copy-Files-from-folderA-to-29710ef9" rel="ugc nofollow">https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Copy-Files-from-folderA-to-29710ef9</a> 
 
It does the copy of the files and also preserves the date. 
 
The MAGIC is in this function: 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42667961-1">function Set-DateAttributes{
 [CmdletBinding()]
 param(
 [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]$OriginalFilePath,
 [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]$TargetFilePath,
 [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=2,ValueFromPipeline=$true)][switch]$folder
 )
 BEGIN{
 [int]$logcounter=0
 }
 PROCESS{
 if(!($folder)){
 [System.IO.FileInfo] $fi = New-Object System.IO.FileInfo -ArgumentList $originalFilePAth
 [System.IO.File]::SetCreationTime($targetFilePath,$fi.CreationTime)
 [System.IO.File]::SetLastWriteTime($TargetFilePath,$fi.LastWriteTime)
 [System.IO.File]::SetLastAccessTime( $TargetFilePath,$fi.LastAccessTime)
 }
 else{
 [System.IO.DirectoryInfo]$di = New-Object System.IO.DirectoryInfo -ArgumentList $OriginalFilePath
 [System.IO.Directory]::SetCreationTime($TargetFilePath,$di.CreationTime)
 [System.IO.Directory]::SetLastWriteTime($TargetFilePath,$di.LastWriteTime)
 [System.IO.Directory]::SetLastAccessTime($TargetFilePath,$di.LastAccessTime)
 }
 }
 END{
 
 }
}
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IM very inexperienced with powershell when it come to complex things so IDK if im running it wrong or what cause I cant even get it to move a file, let alone preserve the target file timestamps. 
 
I created two .ps1 placed em both in the same folder one with the function you shared here and named it CopyNsetDates.ps1 and the other go.ps1 and in the go is this. 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42667996-1">.\CopyNsetDates.ps1 -source &quot;source&quot; -target &quot;target&quot;
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I run it but I get nothing in return. 
 
And just to clarify this will take the target files (the files that are gonna be overwritten on) store their dates etc and then we overwrite those files with the new files and then rewrite the dates to the new files? 
 
reason I ask cause I got a lil confused while reading this &quot;Able to copy the files from one folder to another one and preserver the dates of the original files (Folders and Files)&quot; because I am not trying to preserve any of the files that are being copied to the destination I am trying to preserve the files timestamps of the files in the target that are gonna be getting written over with these new versions we are moving to the destination/target folder.
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Ok, nothing happened because you need to give them the &quot;path&quot; where the files lie: 
ex: C:\here\is\my\source\file.txt, you need to give as the source this: &quot;C:\here\is\my\source&quot; same as the target 
The target will be the path where you want to be copied from... 
 
so D:\here 
will start copying D:\here\file.txt so the target is : &quot;D:\here&quot;
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lol im not that inexpereienced. I just wrote source their but I had my source and target path set. heres the actual way it out. 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42668007-1">.\CopyNsetDates.ps1 -source &quot;C:\Users\Home\Documents\NEW&quot; -target &quot;C:\Users\Home\Documents\OLD&quot; 
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is how i had it.
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Looks good, so did you run that and you will get everything under \NEW into the \OLD
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Chris Lopez

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Big help thanks would have been impossible on my own no matter how many tabs I open lol.
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I have one folder &quot;destination&quot; where I have files and their time stamps (created, modified) I would like to preserve when I overwrite a few of those files with updated version of those files. 
 
example 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-29115900-1">Destination Folder 
File.mp4- Created 01/01/01 (size 500mb)

Source Folder 
File.nmp4 - Created 12/12/12 (size 4.00gb)
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I overwrite the file in the Destination folder with the new updated version from the Source Folder but keeping the original file in the destination folder timestamps 
 
End Result (new overwrite file in the destination folder with original file timestamps) 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-29115900-2">Destination Folder
File.mp4 - Created 01/01/01 (size 4.00gb)
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I have written a batch file to move the file as so 
 
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-29115900-3">robocopy &quot;Source&quot; &quot;Destination&quot; /E
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and this handles my overwrites and moving of my files perfectly, but I haven't found a way to preserves timestamps. I am looking for command-line so I can implement it in a batch file. Any help will be appreciated. I been reading flags for robocopy etc but maybe I'm reading it wrong or something but I haven't figured it out yet.
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I have one folder "destination" where I have files and their time stamps (created, modified) I would like to preserve when I overwrite a few of those files with updated version of those files.

example

(CODE)
I overwrite the file in the Destination folder with the new updated version from the Source Folder but keeping the original file in the destination folder timestamps

End Result (new overwrite file in the destination folder with original file timestamps)

(CODE)

I have written a batch file to move the file as so

  (CODE)

and this handles my overwrites and moving of my files perfectly, but I haven't found a way to preserves timestamps. I am looking for command-line so I can implement it in a batch file. Any help will be appreciated. I been reading flags for robocopy etc but maybe I'm reading it wrong or something but I haven't figured it out yet.

How To Overwrite Files But Keep Original Files Timestamps

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