A fairly standard operation in *nix world is the command touch. Touch changes file dates, so it's an easy way to kick off backup jobs or similar that use file modification times. Windows doesn't have an exact analogue, but a functionally similar feature exists within PowerShell.
Start a PowerShell command prompt, navigate to the directory where you want to 'touch' the files and enter this command:
ls * | ForEach-Object {$_.LastWriteTime = Get-Date}
Example of before and after shown below:
Start a PowerShell command prompt, navigate to the directory where you want to 'touch' the files and enter this command:
ls * | ForEach-Object {$_.LastWriteTime = Get-Date}
Example of before and after shown below:
Directory: C:\wd
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 29/12/2017 17:26 2017Scripts
d----- 15/06/2018 14:26 2018Scripts
d----- 16/06/2018 10:07 ArchiveToMerge
d----- 29/05/2018 12:27 Config
d----- 29/05/2018 14:14 Data
d----- 29/05/2018 12:29 Downloads
d----- 23/06/2018 21:25 java
d----- 14/06/2018 11:25 Python
-a---- 12/06/2018 10:38 167056 sdelete64.exe
PS C:\wd> ls * | ForEach-Object {$_.LastWriteTime = Get-Date}
PS C:\wd> dir
Directory: C:\wd
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 01/07/2018 20:18 2017Scripts
d----- 01/07/2018 20:18 2018Scripts
d----- 01/07/2018 20:18 ArchiveToMerge
d----- 01/07/2018 20:18 Config
d----- 01/07/2018 20:18 Data
d----- 01/07/2018 20:18 Downloads
d----- 01/07/2018 20:18 java
d----- 01/07/2018 20:18 Python
-a---- 01/07/2018 20:18 167056 sdelete64.exe
PS C:\wd>
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