Can the process of upgrading the MS operating system affect the properties
in Word documents that were created in the "old" operating system?
Specifically, can the upgrading process change the "created" property (date
and time) of all Word documents that were created in the "old" operating
system to a new value?

TIA

No, it shouldn't.

Interestingly, there are two two creation dates in Word documents. On the
File menu, click Properties. On the General tab, you can see the date when
the document was saved on disk (if it has been saved). This is also
accessible from Windows Explorer. On the Statistics tab, Word shows the date
when the document was created by Word. It is the latter value which is used
by Word when you insert a CreateDate field.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Doug" wrote in message

Can the process of upgrading the MS operating system affect the properties
in Word documents that were created in the "old" operating system?
Specifically, can the upgrading process change the "created" property
(date and time) of all Word documents that were created in the "old"
operating system to a new value?

TIA