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DOS Batch file to find "new" files by date

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My PC has entered an infinite BSOD loop - but I do have access to a safe-mode command prompt. I'm trying to get an idea of "what changed" that might have triggered this. e.g. I might have gotten a virus, or an app update went belly up. I'd like to thus see which files were created/modified in the l…

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REM This will find the files, but the results are all muddled
REM all EXE files, reverse sort by date, recursively through sub-directories

dir *.exe…

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Fix for: DOS Batch file to find "new" files by date

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this is a simple, albeit roundabout way, using xcopy. you can look at to see the switches etc. This command will output a list of files and paths in the folder recursively, that were modified on or after 12/1/2000, without actually copying them. NOT…

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