Hello,
I have a bucketload of jpg files on my Windows 10 computer.
Some of them e.g. those that were taken in 2010 have a 'created date' of 2014 and a different modified date altogether. I've attached one of them.
Is it possible so it will be less confusing when I'm browsing / sorting through them to change date created, date modified and all the other dates to the actual date I took the photos?
Some of the other photos in my collection don't have a "date taken". That field in Windows 10 is blank for them so if I run all the photos through ExifTool I wouldn't want anything to change with these.
Not sure if that is possible?
Regards,
Paul
Hi Paul,
Usually a command something like this will do the trick:
exiftool "-filecreatedate<createdate" "-filemodifydate<createdate" DIR
Add -r to the command to recurse into subdirectories.
- Phil
Hi Phil,
I didn't think I'd get the boss to reply :D
Ok so what I'm trying to do is obviously wrong.
What I want to do is rename the file exiftool(-k).exe to exiftool "-filecreatedate<createdate" "-filemodifydate<createdate" DIR.exe and then drag the folder of photos into that.
Windows 10 won't allow me to use some of those symbols in a file name.
Is that possible to just rename the .exe file so that the photos in the folder (and subfolders) have their dates changed how I want?
Sorry but my brain doesn't understand command line. I despised dos and I hate Linux for that reason as well (though there are things like synaptic package manager which make life more bearable).
No problem if it isn't.
Regards,
Paul
Hi Paul,
If you want a drag-and-drop, then renaming exiftool(-k).exe won't work because you can't put "<" symbols in a file name.
Instead, create a Windows shortcut to the application, and add the arguments to the shortcut command. I can't provide details about how to do this right now because I'm on a Mac.
- Phil
Edit: Ah. Here's a link that shows you how to do this (https://www.digitalcitizen.life/shortcut-arguments-parameters-windows/).
Much appreciated. Thank you.