Select Most Recent File in a Folder Topic is solved

[3ggg]

I'm trying to rename a file a specific file ( which I know how to do ) but having trouble figuring out how to select the file path of the most recent file in a given folder. How do I do this?

[AHKStudent]

By @SKAN https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/59408-get-the-newest-file-in-a-folder/

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Loop %A_WinDir%\*.*               
 If ( A_LoopFileTimeModified >= Time )
    Time := A_LoopFileTimeModified, File := A_LoopFileLongPath

MsgBox, Lastest file in %A_WinDir% is `n`n%File%

[3ggg]

@AHKStudent

Do you know what I'm doing wrong here? Here I keep on getting the most recent file is C:\windows\bootstat.dat.

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^o::
A_WinDR := "C:\Users\myname\Desktop\foldername\subfoldername"
Loop %A_WinDir%\*.*               
 If ( A_LoopFileTimeModified >= Time )
    Time := A_LoopFileTimeModified, File := A_LoopFileLongPath

MsgBox, Lastest file in %A_WinDir% is `n`n%File%
Return

[hd0202]

from the docu:

Built-in Variables

A number of useful variables are built into the program and can be referenced by any script. With the exception of Clipboard, ErrorLevel, and command line parameters, these variables are read-only; that is, their contents cannot be directly altered by the script.

Hubert

[AHKStudent]

@AHKStudent

Do you know what I'm doing wrong here? Here I keep on getting the most recent file is C:\windows\bootstat.dat.

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^o::
A_WinDR := "C:\Users\myname\Desktop\foldername\subfoldername"
Loop %A_WinDir%\*.*               
 If ( A_LoopFileTimeModified >= Time )
    Time := A_LoopFileTimeModified, File := A_LoopFileLongPath

MsgBox, Lastest file in %A_WinDir% is `n`n%File%
Return

maybe its a hidden file in that directory that is the most recent.

Try copying and pasting something new to that directory and run it again.

[hd0202]

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Loop %A_WinDR%\*.*

Hubert

[3ggg]

@AHKStudent

tried with multiple different folders, moving things around, still got that boot.stat thing every time. I'm sure I'm getting something wrong

[john_c]

@3ggg

There are at least two problems:

* A typo. You have A_WinDR (it seems you mean A_WinDir)
* You can't use A_WinDir (or any another built-in variable) as an output variable.

And by the way, the name like WinDir is just misleading here, to my opinion. I changed it to Foo.

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^o::
  Foo := A_Desktop . "\Test" ; C:\Users\John\Desktop\Test
  Loop %Foo%\*.*               
   If ( A_LoopFileTimeModified >= Time )
     Time := A_LoopFileTimeModified, File := A_LoopFileLongPath

  MsgBox, Lastest file in %Foo% is `n`n%File%
Return