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Windows File Explorer Doesn't Display Date Taken for .mpo Files

Started Mar 9, 2018 | Questions thread
threed123
threed123 Senior Member • Posts: 1,490
Re: Windows File Explorer Doesn't Display Date Taken for .mpo Files

I'm not having the same problem. My taken dates show just fine for MPO files. In file explorer, bring up your MPO files folder. Then click the View Tab, then Details. You should see Name, Date, Type and Size at a minimum. If not, right click just right of the header-name row where the Name, Date, Type, etc. should be, and you should see additional columns you can select. Only the Date column gives you taken date I've discovered for MPOs. The other date columns don't seem to work correctly such as Date Created, Date Modified, Date Taken. That said, if you copy the files to one disc, then to another, sometimes you lose the Exif in the process. Another way to lose or change the exif, if you download to a photo album/storage program to browse the files first. That can lose the taken date as well. Check the settings of your downloader if you use one. I've found the best way is to simply download directly from the SD card to the computer file directory first using an SD reader, not using a downloader.

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