Windows 10: Can I prevent the date modified date from changing when I open a file?

I just purchased a Yoga 730 and I notice when I open a file the "date modified" date is changing to the current date. This wasn't happening on my Envy, both are running Windows 10.


This is VERY annoying as I will use the modified date often.


Thanks!

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Prevent Microsoft from changing the Date Modified of a folder when files within the folder are opened but not modified.

Prevent Microsoft from changing the Date Modified of a folder when files within the folder are opened but not modified. I would like to prevent my folders from updating in the “Date Modified” field every time that I open a file contained within the folder.
Using WIndows 7 and Office 2016

 

Prevent Microsoft from changing the Date Modified of a folder when files within the folder are opened but not modified.

It's not "Microsoft" that changes a file's "Date modified" field, it's your application or your own action. MS Word does not do it, and neither does Notepad. I tested it a moment ago with Office 2016.

 

Illogical date modified updating

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand that the modified date is just as important as the created date within the metadata of a given file. We will look into this for you.
However, in order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

1. What is the build of Windows 10 running on your system?
   
2. Was there any major change or an update on your system prior to which you weren’t facing this issue?
   
3. Is the issue only with the pictures taken from the camera or the other pictures and files within the system as well?
   

Meanwhile, I would suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it is helpful to you.

Method 1: Enable the Date Modified Column in the File Explorer.

To enable the Date modified column within the particular folder, please follow the steps below.

1. Open the Folder in which you wish to see the Date modified column.
   
2. Right-click on the
   Header for Name, date, type etc. This will give you a list of columns that can be displayed.
   
3. Select the option Date modified, clearing the tick removes that column.
   
4. Modify a file and check if it is being reflected in the Date modified column.
   

If the issue still persists, where you aren’t able to see the value in the Date modified column even after making the changes to the particular file, please follow ‘Method 2’.

Method 2: Create a new user account.

This issue could be due to profile corruption. Hence to eliminate possibilities, I would suggest you to ‘Create
a local user or administrator account’ and check if the issue persists.

Note:
You will not see all your files under your default file location. So your data will be saved under C:\users\user_name.

We await your response.

Aaron Summith

Microsoft Community - Moderator