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kado897 said:

I have found a program that should do it.

NewFileTime 2.15 Corrections and manipulation of timestamp


Caveat. I have not tested this myself.

Newfile sound good but there is no way to cleanly download it. It will install about a dozen other apps first. But thanks for trying.

Found SKTIme here : SKTimeStamp64-1.3.3.msi - stexbar - SKTimeStamp64-1.3.3.msi - The ultimate extensions for Windows Explorer - Google Project Hosting

I was able to change the dates..... but it not fix my Outlook PST problem.

That battery is two months old.
I can recreate the problem on any machine
Its not the battery.

The 1982 date comes form some otherwise excellent sync software I use : Vice Versa Pro.

When things settle down ( perhaps soon?) I will need to contact them. It only happens when copying larger PST files. There is a tip here I will try : Can not read data. The parameter is incorrect. - ViceVersa Forum: File Synchronization, Windows Backup Software

But even after resettting the date, the underlying issue remains....that outlook did not like my some of my PST files. Thought is might be Win 8 related : Does Windows 8 alter Outlook 2010 PST files??

I cobbled together what I could from other backups... only lost a few sent mails ... could have been worse... but as always, want to take whatever cautions I can for the next time :)

No, I was simply trying to read a PST file (under 200 mb) that was on my backup drive.

It read fine when I was on Windows 7 initially (even with 1982 date) , read fine when I was on Windows 8 (even with 1982 date) , and when I retruned to a Win 7 ( the fresh install on a new drive), it (Outllook) did not recognize it as a PST file. This happened on every PST file that I had opened under Win 8. I had no problem with any PST file I did not open under Win 8.

Sure sounded like a Win 8 issue to me.

I know at least one of the files has that 1982 date so I thought it was that...but other files did not have the date.

I think for now I will just have to move on. I will apply the Vice Versa tip...and will confirm it works by trying to open a backup file in a week or so. We've been using Vice Versa extensively for years at the office ( Win XP and Win 7) as its been bulltetproof to date.

( PS I did mention in my OP that the 982 date was something my sync software occasionally does),

Fair enough . ; point taken.