@Neo I'm curious, Several times during work on a layout I will both save and then export to the required file name. Clearly this is performed successfully because if I go into File Manager on my computer and select the file in question the information is absolutely up to date showing both the right time, date and amended file size.

However if after completing the "export" save in the program I go back into "export" to check if the file has changed I can see that the file size has altered but the date and time of the save has not. For example. I might have saved the file this morning, 27/07/2025 at 10:15, but when I next go into the "export" section it is still showing a date of the 21/04/2025 15:38. In File Manager on my computer the date and time are perfectly correct.

Is there a reason for this?

In an effort to explain this difference I have attached 2 screenshots. I hope they help.

Kind regards

Peter

vor einer Stunde schrieb 220hotwheels:

Is there a reason for this?

Hello Pete,
Yes there is. Your explorer is set to show you the creation date.
Replacing the content of a file is seen as a modification.

You can change that column to show the modification date instead (like you have in the second browser screenshot).

Hope that helps?
Goetz

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extended explanation

1 hour ago, Goetz said:

Hello Pete,
Yes there is. Your explorer is set to show you the creation date.
Replacing the content of a file is seen as a modification.

You can change that column to show the modification date instead (like you have in the second browser screenshot).

Hope that helps?
Goetz

Many thanks Goetz. I'll take a look later this afternoon. I hadn't realised that this was possible or indeed that I might have inadvertently changed it on the 21st April but mistake.

Kind regards

Pete

You can also set the explorer to display both data.

31 minutes ago, Phrontistes said:

You can also set the explorer to display both data.

Hi Phrontistes

Thanks for that, I was not aware that I could do that. In fact after looking through most elements of file manager I am still unable to see what might need to be altered in order to obtain this degree of added information. Perhaps I am overlooking the obvious or just being plain thick. I have now managed to get the 'in MBS house' version of explorer "export" to save to the complete directory as in file manager on my PC so both are now showing the modified date but I cannot see how to make any other changes but at least both versions are now on the same page, so to speak.

Cheers

Pete

4 minutes ago, 220hotwheels said:

Hi Phrontistes

Thanks for that, I was not aware that I could do that. In fact after looking through most elements of file manager I am still unable to see what might need to be altered in order to obtain this degree of added information. Perhaps I am overlooking the obvious or just being plain thick. I have now managed to get the 'in MBS house' version of explorer "export" to save to the complete directory as in file manager on my PC so both are now showing the modified date but I cannot see how to make any other changes but at least both versions are now on the same page, so to speak.

Cheers

Pete

Please forget my earlier comment, just found out how to sort it, many thanks once again.

Pete

vor 57 Minuten schrieb 220hotwheels:

Perhaps I am overlooking the obvious or just being plain thick.

It's neither, Pete!

We forgot to tell you that a right click in the header bar (where the column's names sit) opens a context menu, where you can set your preferences.

But now you know

Congrats!
Goetz

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