I know, I know: "Never trust the end user." Nevertheless, he may have a valid point; if so, I'm somewhat confused: when XP simply *looks* at some files, it updates their timestamps. This isn't just stuff like .XLS, where it might be saving metadata, autosave info, or somesuch; this is things like .JPG files. Why is that? It's confusing the users, 'cause they assume that the timestamp means the last time something *changed*, not was simply accessed. Can't really blame 'em. Is there anything I can do to stop this behavior? Thanks! -Ken