Question How to find a video that was shot around 2011 ?

[michaelm101]

Is there any way to search video files by the year that it was recorded/created?
I've literally spent several hours going through several old HDDs and have nothing to show for it...

Thanks, as always for your excellent advice!

 

[Aeacus]

In File Explorer, set the View to Details (e.g right click, View - Details). Then many columns appear, where one should be Date modified. If you right click on that name, you can add/remove columns (will work in Win10, don't know about Win11). One of the columns is Date created. Checkmark that to make it visible. Once you have that, left click on the column name orders the list (files) based on the date created.

 

[Ralston18]

Also, you can use Windows built in tools to do searches.

I suggest using Powershell and the Get-ChildItem cmdlet.

FYI:

https://shellgeek.com/powershell-search-for-files/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13969631/search-for-files-based-on-time-created

https://umatechnology.org/how-to-search-for-files-from-a-certain-date-range-in-windows-8-and-10/

Especially if multiple drives need to be searched.

You can easily google for similar "how-to's" and tutorials.

Read first, then some simple searches without being specific, then target 2011 or the required date range.