I am trying to build scripts that will allow me to identify files archive bit state, and change the state to either set or clear. I have looked at the “Scripting Guy” posts for Jan 26 and Jan 27, 2011. However, when I use “Get-itemproperty” on one of my files, the attribute returned is “directory” T…

[image] Use a PowerShell Cmdlet to Work with File Attributes Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Set-ItemProperty to work with file attributes. Hey, Scripting Guy! I often find myself working with file attributes. Our backup program reads the archive flag, and our u…

$files = Get-ChildItem -Path '\\path\to\files' -Filter *.pdf foreach ($file in $files){ If ($file.Attributes -ne 'Archive'){$file.Attributes = 'Archive'}}

I can’t say why one of your files would return the directory bit. But I have done a bit of testing, and to detect if archive bit is set or not on files, you can do something like this: $Path = 'C:\TEMP\TEST1' $Filter = '*.pdf' $Attribute = [System.IO.FileAttributes]::Archive # Get all file…

Christian, I am working with the scripts. One question: When Ed Wilson “The Scripting Guy” wrote his article on toggling the archive bit in 2011, was this before the introduction of PowerShell ver 3.0 which introduced the “where-object” cmdlet? His method of determining the state of the archive bit …

Where-Object has been part of PowerShell from day one. See TechNet Wiki The reason for the complexity in Eds post, may be because the posts where part of “Neglected Cmdlet Week” and thus aiming at describing the use of Get-ItemProperty and Set-ItemProperty.

Christian: Ooops! Re-read help on “where-object” and noted that script blocks were introduced as another way to use the cmdlet. It was late. BTW, if I run (Get-ItemProperty -path $path).attributes for one of my target archive files, I get the result “Directory” but if I run (Get-ChildItem -path $…

Christian: Got the script to work. By removing the -filter parameter, I can also handle Word folders that need to be archived. I think this resolves the thread, as I now have a key set of tools. However, this problem was just one part of my great Archive Project (to reduce three file cabinets and n…

Good to hear you got it working. As for the diff between attributes returned by Get-ItemProperty and Get-ChildItem, can’t say really. I cannot reproduce that on my system. A file with the NotContentIndexed bit set, shows the same with both Cmdlets. For future issues, just post them in new threads …

I am now going to incorporate these commands into script files…

Determining archive attributes of .pdf files

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tombakerfl May 1, 2016, 12:08am 2

That post goes into detail.
Perhaps you can paate your code that you are getting unexpected results from.

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Determining archive attributes of .pdf files

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