Hi
In some movies,it is shown that somebody has a file on a flash memory which is a threat to some criminal and when the criminal takes the flash memory using some kind of a trick or another s\he checks the file and makes sure the file is not copied.I wanna ask is it actully possible in Windows to check whether a file is copied before or not?How?What about other OSs?
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Jump to PostI doubt it on windows, although an indicater of whether your file has been copied from somewhere else is the modification date being earlier than its creation date.
Jump to PostTo check when last copied or viewed.... without accessing the file yourself you check its Date Accessed attribute (just go to its parent folder, or the root and check from there).
Of course, all these attributes are metadata, and being such can be manipulated at will... so a canny file …
Jump to PostLike you say "movies" it's make believe.
I'd be interested to hear your motivation for such a quest.
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