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This is a checkbox in Configuration/General that stems from old Win95 times. Win95 did not set the time information for Accessed but just the date, so the time was always 00:00:00, redundant information. By checking this checkbox you could get rid of those redundant zeros.

I do not know whether this also is true for Win98. Could anybody tell me?

If not, I would really love to throw this checkbox away!

I use Windows XP - and access time of every file is always 00:00. So I'm afraid it's not clear for me, what is difference between Windows 95 and XP at this point. I use this option now to compact TV3 "accessed time" column with.

Leopoldus wrote:I use this option now to compact TV3 "accessed time" column with.

That's exactly what it was meant for!

But XP should set the time! Very strange. Do you have NTFS file system?

On my WinXP the accessed times are not 00:00 (NTFS).
Ony my USB-Stick under WinXP they are 00:00 (FAT).
Strange...

Not so strange:
"Not all file systems can record creation and last access times and not all file systems record them in the same manner. For example, on FAT, create time has a resolution of 10 milliseconds, write time has a resolution of 2 seconds, and access time has a resolution of 1 day (really, the access date). NTFS delays updates to the last access time for a file by up to one hour after the last access."
More infos see here.

admin wrote:I would really love to throw this checkbox away!

But, as it looks, the checkbox will have to stay. Case closed.

2admin
Yes, you are right, access time is alwyas 00:00 only on my FAT32 drives, but I have some NTFS drives too and access time is corect there. I have not ever paid attention to this difference, thanks for the promt.