Change Folder Attributes Windows 7 If you need to change the folder attributes in Windows 7, you should check out this free tool to apply any folder attributes with only a few clicks.

Some folder attributes can be easily changed via Windows. Simply right-click on a folder, click on Properties and check the folder attributes that you need (e.g. read-only). However, you can’t change the time and date of the folder creation so quickly, that’s when you can use the Attribute Changer.

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The Attribute Changer 6 works on Windows 2000/XP/Vista and 7 and supports both Windows 32-bit and 64-bit systems, but if you intend to install this on Windows XP, you should first install the Windows Security Update KB926255.

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After downloading and installing the Attribute Changer, you can immediately right-click on any folder and click on “Change Attributes” to change the folder attributes:

Changes Attributes Windows 7
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You can easily change the folder attributes to read-only, hidden, archive, system, compress and you can even select/deselect indexing which is very handy to quickly de-index large folders and files that you want to keep private. (If you need more advice how to configure the windows 7 indexing options, read this)

When you click on advanced, you can change the date and time of a folder:
Folder Attributes Date and Time Windows 7
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Overall, this is a pretty handy tool to change the folder attributes in Windows 7. Thumbs up!