Cannot Save Changed File - What am I doing Wrong?

[Kaelkitty]

Hello,
      I have an ongoing problem with my Photographs.  Every so often, my (very old) Photo organising software, Kodak EasyShare, has a small fit and deletes the date and time of one or more photos. This then shows up as blank in Easyshare, and as 1899-12-30 12:00 AM in File Explorer. The "Missing" date and time still exists in the EXIF field: DateTime eg. 2008:10:18 14:01:19 but DateTimeOriginal goes to 1899:12:30 00:00:00 and so does DateTimeDigitized 1899:12:30 00:00:00 while File Date/Time in properties goes to another date eg 2023-04-02 / 11:18:43  ARRGH!

I have tried fixing this in File Explorer, but that wont change the TIME to what I want -it goes to 12:00 AM instead it only changes the Date!  The excact time on my photos is important to me.  I know I used to have a fix for this but I can't remember what to do, as I have been ill, and my computer malfunctioned 2 years ago so I am only now trying to pick up the threads of my process.


I installed ExifTools and the ExiftoolsGUI today - I am fairly sure I used to have it before all the chaos! Everything seems to work, but I cannot save my change - the Save button remains stubbornly greyed out (see the upload) and I can't work out what I am doing wrong! I would prefer to use the GUI if possible as my working memory is damaged and I find it difficult to remember command lines.

Please Help,
Kaelkitty.

[Kaelkitty]

One further thing, I need to change the email address you have me registered under as the one you currently have no longer exists, thanks to my former ISP!

Ciao, KK.

[wazrob]

After you enter the tag value you must press ENTER, this updates the display and activates the Save key.
From the user manual in folder exiftoolgui_manual

[Kaelkitty]

Dear Wazrob -Thank You very, very, much!

I often miss things like this - it is a combination of being Autistic AND being hit by a car and tossed down the road when I was 17!

PS. I managed to change my email addess this morning; Now I am having trouble adding my picture to my profile! SIGH!