How to clear archive bit without doing a backup

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Right click - Properties - Advanced

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"Roger" <crosseyedpenguin@cox.net> wrote in message news:YvMRd.84023$bu.15817@fed1read06...
>I have many folders containing thousands of images that I have copied to
> several DVDs. Now I want to clear the archive bit on all the files so
> that I can start making incremental backups of just the files that change.
>
> Anyone know of a way to do this or a freeby utility?
>
> Roger

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It does as many as you have selected. You can also do it to folders.

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"Roger" <crosseyedpenguin@cox.net> wrote in message news:0CORd.84032$bu.48552@fed1read06...
> David Candy wrote:
>> Right click - Properties - Advanced
>>
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> That sets the properties of an individual file, I have thousands of
> files. I need a way to turn off the archive bit all of them at once.
>
> Roger

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Stan Brown wrote:
> "Roger" wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
>
>>I have many folders containing thousands of images that I have copied to
>>several DVDs. Now I want to clear the archive bit on all the files so
>>that I can start making incremental backups of just the files that change.
>>
>>Anyone know of a way to do this or a freeby utility?
>
>
>
> Open a command prompt and do CD to get into the directory of
> interest, then
>
> atrrib -a * /s
>


Thanks! That works for me.

Roger