Windows changes Date Modified for copy operation!

Whenever I extract an ISO with 7-zip or WinRAR, all directories change their Modified date to the extraction date. The files retain their original timestamps as far as I can see. Now, this only happens when copying files from one drive to another. Copying from the same drive to the same drive retains timestamps.
This is a know issue that dates from XP to 10. Only robocopy and xcopy works
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More details are here, on my own thread: https://forums.mydigitallife.info/th...estamps.74131/

Let's discuss this aberration.

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Upon my research, there is no way to add a context handler to all drives, folders, windows objects for robocopy.
Thus, the only way to use it quickly would be to add an alias, like doskey

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rcopy=robocopy /E /R:0 /W:0 /XN /XO /XC $*

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Until, I come up with something better, this will have to do.

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Originally Posted by Master Razor

More details are here, on my own thread: https://forums.mydigitallife.info/th...estamps.74131/

Let's discuss this aberration.

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My experience is the same as abbodi1406's, 7-Zip copies all timestamps correctly. Anyway, when this does happen, it's the program's fault for setting the directory's modified time and then creating files inside, and not the other way around.

You can mount the ISO and use robocopy /DCOPY:T if timestamps are serious business.

This is only true if you extract/copy from a location on a drive to another location on THE SAME DRIVE.
If you extract an ISO from drive E to drive D, it will change the timestamps.

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Originally Posted by Master Razor

This is only true if you extract/copy from a location on a drive to another location on THE SAME DRIVE.
If you extract an ISO from drive E to drive D, it will change the timestamps.

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http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachme...chmentid=17706

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What OS are you using? And have you installed any updates?
What filesystem do you have on drive C and D?
Any tweaks done to the system?

I have 8.1 Pro, original with no updates.

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Originally Posted by Master Razor

What OS are you using? And have you installed any updates?

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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate with all non-telemetry updates as of April 2017.

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What filesystem do you have on drive C and D?

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NTFS on both.

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Any tweaks done to the system?

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Far too many to mention, I should (and will) start a thread to share them.

I created two scripts that will make a context menu to copy files via robocopy. I need to make an admin copy and a regular user copy. The regular copy works but the admin does not.

robocopy_copy_context.cmd

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set SrcDrv=%*
set SrcDrv=%SrcDrv:"=%
set /p SrcName=Type in a destination dir name:

set "psCommand=powershell -Command "(new-object -COM 'Shell.Application')^
.BrowseForFolder(0,'Please choose a folder.',0,17).self.path""
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%d in (`%psCommand%`) do set "DestDrv=%%d"
if "%DestDrv:~3,1%"=="" (set DestDrv=%DestDrv:~0,-1%)

ROBOCOPY "%SrcDrv%" "%DestDrv%\%SrcName%" /E /R:0 /W:0 /XN /XO /XC /XD "$RECYCLE.BIN" "RECYCLER" "System Volume Information"

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05_Robocopy_Copy_Context.reg

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\robocopy_copy_co ntext]
@="robocopy_copy_context"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\robocopy_copy_co ntext\command]
@="\"C:\\Tools\\robocopy_copy_context.cmd\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\robocopy_copy_contex t]
@="robocopy_copy_context"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\robocopy_copy_contex t\command]
@="\"C:\\Tools\\robocopy_copy_context.cmd\" \"%1\""



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\robocopy_copy_co ntext]
@="robocopy_copy_context"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
Position="middle"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\robocopy_copy_co ntext\command]
@="\"C:\\Tools\\robocopy_copy_context.cmd\" \"%1\""
"IsolatedCommand"="\"C:\\Tools\\robocopy_copy_cont ext.cmd\" \"%1\""


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\robocopy_copy_contex t]
@="robocopy_copy_context"
"HasLUAShield"=""
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
Position="middle"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\robocopy_copy_contex t\command]
@="\"C:\\Tools\\robocopy_copy_context.cmd\" \"%1\""
"IsolatedCommand"="\"C:\\Tools\\robocopy_copy_cont ext.cmd\" \"%1\""

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Why not?

Add logging parameters to the command line so that you can find out exactly what's wrong.