Windows 7 date display

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GaryCantley

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Hi all,

Got called to a customer today to sort out a virus on one PC, the other she has a "weird" problem.

We are in the UK where the date format is dd/mm/yyyy. Windows Explorer is showing dates of yyyy/mm/dd. I had a quick Google and found HotFix 2030901 date picker which I installed.

This changed the dates in the right hand pane to UK date but not in the left pane.

Any suggestions please as to how to get the dates in the left pane in the "correct" format!?
 
I'm not sure about your issue but are you the same Gary Cantley from Annoyances.org forum? My username over there is Johnb33 but I don't visit that one too much.
 
I don't see the date you are talking about. Why don't post a Screenshot. Might help understand what you are talking about.
 
Unfortunately, what you're looking at here are folders that were named based on the old date format. Changing the date format isn't going to change the names of folders that have already been created, the only thing you can do is change the name of the folders manually.
 
GaryCantley said:
Finally managed to get a screen shot, www.cantleycomputers.co.uk/images/EmmaDesktop.jpg

The dates in the right pane are in UK format, but not in the left.

The camera, from which they are transferred, is set to UK format for dates.
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GaryCantley said:
Thanks.

That was the conclusion I was coming to but didnt think it go be the correct one!
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There is a reason for them being like that - if they were our way around, they would not be in chronological order because of the file system.

Say it went:

9-4-2011 for 9th April 2011
10-4-2011 for 10th April

in the file system, it wouldn't be like that, it would instead be the other way around because it, by default, puts folders alphabetically, and in ASCII 10 is before 9
 
Sounds like the computer was setup for the states during installation. Large companies should know better than this.

In windows 7 you change it:

1) Click on the time/date area

2) Click "Change time and date settings"

3) Click the "Change date and time button" - Allow if a UAC prompt comes up

4) Then press the "Change calendar settings" button

Two windows will pop up. Configure your date/calendar settings in the topmost one, accept settings there, then change your regional settings in the window underneath. Apply and close all the windows.

That should fix it.

Quite a complicated process for something so simple, isn't it?
 
linkin said:
Sounds like the computer was setup for the states during installation. Large companies should know better than this.
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I do know that the computer was set up for UK and not US during installation.

If you are calling a sole trader a large company, is that a polite way of referring to me as fat :)

I installed 7 on the PC, not a large company.
 
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