Word 2007 Changes File Date when no changes are made to file?
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 4:05 PM
Fellow Forum Members,
I would appreciate it a lot if someone can help me figure out how I prevent my Word 2007 from doing something that is causing me a lot of problems.
I have 200 or so resume files I have sent out using Word 2007. Each resume is inside its own folder which are all sorted by DATE in WindowsXP file explorer to let me know when I sent out the resume.
However, when I go back and open a WORD resume file I sent out 5 months ago for the purpose of just looking at it without making any changes to the resume file itself, what WORD does after I close the file is change the date. So now a resume that was sent out 5 months ago now has a current date which messes up the chronological order of my filing system.
How do I prevent WORD 2007 from changing the date of my resume file (aswell as the folder that contains the file) when I don't make any changes to the file itself? As I mentioned, all I am doing is just opening the file to look at it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:32 PM
Do the files contain links and you have the Update Links on Open option set under Word Options Advanced?
You could use a macro to close the files
ActiveDocument.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
-- Hope this helps.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP,
dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org
Posted via the Community Bridge"binar01011" wrote in message news:4ed5fdc3-ca5b-4c3a-a46c-f09caffba245@communitybridge.codeplex.com...
Fellow Forum Members,
I would appreciate it a lot if someone can help me figure out how I prevent my Word 2007 from doing something that is causing me a lot of problems.
I have 200 or so resume files I have sent out using Word 2007. Each resume is inside its own folder which are all sorted by DATE in WindowsXP file explorer to let me know when I sent out the resume.
However, when I go back and open a WORD resume file I sent out 5 months ago for the purpose of just looking at it without making any changes to the resume file itself, what WORD does after I close the file is change the date. So now a resume that was sent out 5 months ago now has a current date which messes up the chronological order of my filing system.
How do I prevent WORD 2007 from changing the date of my resume file (aswell as the folder that contains the file) when I don't make any changes to the file itself? As I mentioned, all I am doing is just opening the file to look at it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org -
Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:10 AM
Do the files contain links and you have the Update Links on Open option set under Word Options Advanced?
You could use a macro to close the files
ActiveDocument.Close wdDoNotSaveChanges
-- Hope this helps.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP,
dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org
Posted via the Community Bridge"binar01011" wrote in message news:4ed5fdc3-ca5b-4c3a-a46c-f09caffba245@communitybridge.codeplex.com...
Fellow Forum Members,
I would appreciate it a lot if someone can help me figure out how I prevent my Word 2007 from doing something that is causing me a lot of problems.
I have 200 or so resume files I have sent out using Word 2007. Each resume is inside its own folder which are all sorted by DATE in WindowsXP file explorer to let me know when I sent out the resume.
However, when I go back and open a WORD resume file I sent out 5 months ago for the purpose of just looking at it without making any changes to the resume file itself, what WORD does after I close the file is change the date. So now a resume that was sent out 5 months ago now has a current date which messes up the chronological order of my filing system.
How do I prevent WORD 2007 from changing the date of my resume file (aswell as the folder that contains the file) when I don't make any changes to the file itself? As I mentioned, all I am doing is just opening the file to look at it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org
Doug,Thanks for your post. I unchecked Update Links on Open and no change. Also, these are basic resumes with no links.
To clarify, the date of the WORD file does not change upon closing it after viewing it without making any changes. However, the date of the folder containing the WORD file changes.
My theory is the following. When I open a WORD file, I noticed it generates a hidden temp file of some sort. Once I close my WORD file (without making no changes to it) this TEMP file disappears, but I suspect that this hidden file is causing the date of the folder containing my resume to change to the current date.
So what happens is that a folder named XYZ Company that was dated 7-1-09 changes to the current date of 8-11-10 even though the WORD resume file inside stays with the same date. How do I make WORD generate this TEMP file in some other location so I can test if the FOLDER date remains the same or still changes?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Saturday, August 14, 2010 12:54 AM
Can anyone out there please help me figure this out?
As I mentioned, when I open a Word 2007 file and then close it without making any changes to the WORD file itself, the DATE of the file remains unchanged. This makes sense to me.
However, what does not make sense to me is why the DATE of the folder containing the WORD file does indeed change after closing a WORD file that was closed without saving any changes to it.
How do I prevent WORD from changing the DATE of the folder containing the Word file? Can anyone out there test this problem on there computer to confirm it's not just my computer? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks -
Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:38 AM
While in your case it is Word that is causing this by creating the temporary file when the file opens, the same thing happens when you open and Access Database because of the lockfile (*.ldb) that is created in that case. It is also not something that started with Word 2007, as opening and then closing, without changing, a file in Word 2003 also causes the date of the folder to be updated.
You can prevent the date of the folder from changing when you open and close a file without saving it, by setting the folder's Read Only attribute on. That however then applies to the contents of the folder as well. If you want to modify a file in the folder, you will have to save it with a different name. Of course, then when you do save the file back into the original folder (which you can do in spite of the folder Read Only attribute being set on, the date of the folder is updated to the date of the save of the document.
-- Hope this helps.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP,
dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org
Posted via the Community Bridge"binar01011" wrote in message news:9dd12646-acbf-4c7b-bac8-819ad46544b6@communitybridge.codeplex.com...
Can anyone out there please help me figure this out?
As I mentioned, when I open a Word 2007 file and then close it without making any changes to the WORD file itself, the DATE of the file remains unchanged. This makes sense to me.
However, what does not make sense to me is why the DATE of the folder containing the WORD file does indeed change after closing a WORD file that was closed without saving any changes to it.
How do I prevent WORD from changing the DATE of the folder containing the Word file? Can anyone out there test this problem on there computer to confirm it's not just my computer? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Doug Robbins - Word MVP dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org- Marked As Answer by Jennifer ZhanModerator Tuesday, August 17, 2010 1:09 AM
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