# Update of Current VBS Script, by @DetlevD, to Change Windows File Properties "Created" date **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-current-vbs-script-by-detlevd-to-change-windows-file-properties-created-date/57153 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [April 28, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-current-vbs-script-by-detlevd-to-change-windows-file-properties-created-date/57153 "2022-04-28T01:25:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG) #### Post date: [April 28, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-current-vbs-script-by-detlevd-to-change-windows-file-properties-created-date/57153/6 "2022-04-28T18:21:33Z")
Modification date can be influenced by any change to the file. So there are ways to accomplish that. But the creation date is exactly that. Perhaps there are some ways to do this externally from mp3tag, overriding the OS itself. There has plenty of discussion in the past for this that ended up in this same place. > [@Transfer Creation DateTimes between Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transfer-creation-datetimes-between-files/14026): > > Hi people, Is there a way to copy the creation dates and times of a bunch of files to another bunch. I've tried the export function to a text file: $filename(txt,utf-8)$loop(%\_path%)%\_file\_create\_datetime% $loopend() and to import from this \*.txt to the new files, but that does not work, files dates and times didn't change. I have three doubts: 1 - In the resulting export file order of times is given by filename, I changed %\_path% with other parameters, and the result is sorted according t… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-of-current-vbs-script-by-detlevd-to-change-windows-file-properties-created-date/57153)._