Viewing File Details

To view the full details of a file, right click on the desired file and choose the File Properties option. This will display a properties dialog similar to the one in Figure 3.2.

Figure 3.2: File Properties
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The MS-DOS Filename field always shows the files short filename as it would appear under MS-DOS. If the file has a long filename it will be shown at the top next to its icon. In this case the file only has a short filename so the same name is shown in both locations.

When a file does not have all three timestamps (Created, Modified, Accessed) recorded those which it does not have are greyed out and set to the current date/time. In the screenshot the file MSDOS.SYS only has the Modified timestamp.



David Goodwin 2011-04-09