How can one decrypt an encypted file without modifying file timestamp?

>
> Hi,
>
> I have a desktop computer and a laptop computer both running Windows XP with
> NTFS file system. On the desktop I have an encrypted folder containing
> several files. I need to make a copy of the encrypted folder on the laptop.
> I copy the source folder to the Shared Documents folder of the desktop
> computer, then I would like to copy it from there to the My Documents folder
> of the laptop. The laptop and the desktop are networked together, of course.
>
> The problem is this. If the folder in the Shared Documents folder is still
> encrypted, it cannot be copied to the laptop's My Documents folder. However
> if you decrypt the folder to enable it to be copied, all the file timestamps
> are changed to the time the folder is decrypted. But I want the original
> time stamp to be retained, because the unencrypted *source* data in the
> folder files has not been modified by the operation. Any suggestions how
> this can be done?
>
> TIA,
>
> Enquiring Mind

>
> Hi,
>
> I have a desktop computer and a laptop computer both running Windows XP with
> NTFS file system. On the desktop I have an encrypted folder containing
> several files. I need to make a copy of the encrypted folder on the laptop.
> I copy the source folder to the Shared Documents folder of the desktop
> computer, then I would like to copy it from there to the My Documents folder
> of the laptop. The laptop and the desktop are networked together, of course.
>
> The problem is this. If the folder in the Shared Documents folder is still
> encrypted, it cannot be copied to the laptop's My Documents folder. However
> if you decrypt the folder to enable it to be copied, all the file timestamps
> are changed to the time the folder is decrypted. But I want the original
> time stamp to be retained, because the unencrypted *source* data in the
> folder files has not been modified by the operation. Any suggestions how
> this can be done?
>
> TIA,
>
> Enquiring Mind

>
> Enquiring Mind wrote:

> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a desktop computer and a laptop computer both running Windows XP with
> > NTFS file system. On the desktop I have an encrypted folder containing
> > several files. I need to make a copy of the encrypted folder on the laptop.
> > I copy the source folder to the Shared Documents folder of the desktop
> > computer, then I would like to copy it from there to the My Documents folder
> > of the laptop. The laptop and the desktop are networked together, of course.
> >
> > The problem is this. If the folder in the Shared Documents folder is still
> > encrypted, it cannot be copied to the laptop's My Documents folder. However
> > if you decrypt the folder to enable it to be copied, all the file timestamps
> > are changed to the time the folder is decrypted. But I want the original
> > time stamp to be retained, because the unencrypted *source* data in the
> > folder files has not been modified by the operation. Any suggestions how
> > this can be done?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Enquiring Mind

>
> Well, if you have Cygwin installed, just make a small file with the timestamp
> you want and set the files you want with that timestamp
>
> $ echo hello world > timestampfile # create garbage file
> $ touch -r origfile timestampfile # copy the timestamp of the original
> $ .. do anything you want with the original file
> $ touch -r timestampfile origfile # copy the timestamp back to the original
> $ rm timestampfile # delete the garbage file
>
> Presumably you can do the same thing with a linux live CD. Modern ubuntus
> for example understand NFTS filesystems. Try it with a dummy file first.
>

>
> Enquiring Mind wrote:

> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a desktop computer and a laptop computer both running Windows XP with
> > NTFS file system. On the desktop I have an encrypted folder containing
> > several files. I need to make a copy of the encrypted folder on the laptop.
> > I copy the source folder to the Shared Documents folder of the desktop
> > computer, then I would like to copy it from there to the My Documents folder
> > of the laptop. The laptop and the desktop are networked together, of course.
> >
> > The problem is this. If the folder in the Shared Documents folder is still
> > encrypted, it cannot be copied to the laptop's My Documents folder. However
> > if you decrypt the folder to enable it to be copied, all the file timestamps
> > are changed to the time the folder is decrypted. But I want the original
> > time stamp to be retained, because the unencrypted *source* data in the
> > folder files has not been modified by the operation. Any suggestions how
> > this can be done?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Enquiring Mind

>
> Well, if you have Cygwin installed, just make a small file with the timestamp
> you want and set the files you want with that timestamp
>
> $ echo hello world > timestampfile # create garbage file
> $ touch -r origfile timestampfile # copy the timestamp of the original
> $ .. do anything you want with the original file
> $ touch -r timestampfile origfile # copy the timestamp back to the original
> $ rm timestampfile # delete the garbage file
>
> Presumably you can do the same thing with a linux live CD. Modern ubuntus
> for example understand NFTS filesystems. Try it with a dummy file first.
>