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The last access date is not changed even after reading the file on Windows 7

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I have some files on Windows 7, and want to see what time it was that I read it this morning (February 27 morning), but when I right click on the file and choose Properties, I see so I open the file to read the content again, and then open up the Properties again, and still the Accessed (date) is t…

Error Output

Accessed: Yesterday, Feb 26, 2011, 2:12:37PM

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Fix for: The last access date is not changed even after reading the file on Windows 7

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The NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate registry setting is enabled by default in Windows 7. This was a performance tweak that many people used in earlier OSes because it prevents a lot of excessive writes to the hard drive. If you actually want the Last Ac…

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