How to set the default name of a newly created folder according to the current date on Windows 10

First, open the ' Start ' menu , enter the keyword ' Settings ' in the search box and click on the corresponding result. Alternatively, you can also press the Windows + i key combination to quickly open the Settings app on Windows 10.

In the Settings menu, click the ' Time & Language ' option.

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Select ' Region ' on the left sidebar, then click ' Change data formats ' on the right pane.

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Click the drop-down menu under " Short date " and choose the format to display dates with dashes instead of slashes as usual. Now you can close the Settings app.

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Next, access Registry Editor by pressing Windows + R , enter the keyword ' regedit ' in the Run dialog box and press ' Enter '.

Navigate to the following path in Registry Editor :

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshell

Right click on the ' shell ' folder and select New> Key . Enter ' Folder ' as the key name and press ' Enter '.

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Right-click on the ' Folder ' key you just created and choose New> Key . Type ' command ' as the key name and press ' Enter '.

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Click once on the newly created command key on the left, then double click on the ' Default ' option on the right pane.

In the Edit String box , enter the following in the ' Value data ' field and click ' OK '.

cmd.exe / c md "% 1 / %% DATE %%"

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Close the Registry Editor window.

Now, you need to relaunch Windows Explorer for the changes to take effect. To do this, right-click on the taskbar and select ' Task Manager '. You can also press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to quickly open Task Manager.

Find ' Windows Explorer ' in the Processes list, click on it and then click on the ' Restart ' button in the lower right corner. (If you don't see a complete list of system processes, click ' More Details ' at the bottom of the window).

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Note that creating a new folder with the default name of the current date is a little different from creating a regular folder. You can only create folders of this type inside another large folder. Please right click on the large folder you want to create a new folder using the current date as the default name inside it and click ' Folder '.

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A new folder with the name current date will be created inside the large folder you selected.

To undo the changes, just delete the Registry values ​​you created above and revert to the default name "New Folder" for the new folders.

David Pac

Update 10 March 2021