Using forfiles, how do you search for date created rather than date modified?

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• this video duplicate finder is slow, it needs to remember files already analyzed

  I have this script to find and move duplicate videos in a directory. it handles the %cd% only but checks those videos against all files within the entire d:\videos tree. duplicates are usually found right next to each other alphabetically. it uses an other script to tranform filename into %strict%, which is used to find videos with the same title in the filename. the fast mode only checks recent files for duplicates. the trouble is that the slow mode is painfully slow, taking around 10 hours for 27k files. I am looking for a solution that would allow the script to remember analysis data for familiar name files because the %strict% string creation is heavy, and I plan to add video duration via ffprobe too, which also is not fast.

  :: exclude hidden system folders in junctions
  echo "%~1" | find /i "system volume information" >nul && goto sanitize
  echo "%~1" | find /i "s-1-5-21-3" >nul && goto sanitize
  echo "%~1" | find /i "recycle" >nul && goto sanitize
  :: prep
  cd /d %1 2>nul || echo critical error: cannot access %~n1 && goto sanitize
  set "speed="
  if "%~2"=="-slow" set "speed=slow"
  if "%~2"=="-fast" set "speed=fast"
  if not defined speed echo speed not defined && goto sanitize
  dir *.* /a-d >nul 2>nul || goto sanitize
  if defined verbal echo performing %speed% sweep of %cd%\*.*
  
  :: fast launch
  if "%speed%"=="fast" for /f "delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /a-d 2^>nul') do (
      echo %%~tv | find "%date:~3% %time:~,2%" >nul && if exist "%%v" set "full=%cd%\%%v" && set "fullfile=%%v" && set "size=%%~zv" && call :files
  )
  :: slow launch
  if "%speed%"=="slow" for /f "delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /a-d 2^>nul') do (
      set "full=%cd%\%%v"
      set "size=%%~zv"
      call report %~n0 retype "%cd%*"
      call :files
  )
  goto sanitize
  
  :files
  if not exist "%full%" goto sanitize
  call report %~n0 reader
  if not defined strict echo cannot housekeep without variables "%full%" "%id%" & goto sanitize
  echo additional caring "%fullfile%"
  
  :: add subtitles without overloading service, remove chapters
  if "%time:~9,2%"=="77" echo "%full%" | find /i "\shorts\" >nul || call report %~n0 subber
  
  :: fetch name without getting banned from service. we already have the variables.
  if "%time:~9,2%"=="77" echo "%full%" | find /i "\shorts\" >nul || call report %~n0 handle -noreader
  
  :: =============================================================================================================================
  ::      DUPLICATE FINDERS
  :: =============================================================================================================================
  
  :: count global dupes by string. if also almost same size then remove one
  set "count=0" & for /f "delims=" %%r in ('where /r "d:\videos" "%strict%*" 2^>nul') do set /a "count+=1"
  if %count% gtr 1 for /f "delims=" %%v in ('where /r "d:\videos" "%strict%*" 2^>nul') do (
      echo %%~zv | find "%size:~,-2%" >nul && if /i not "%%v"=="%full%" move "%%v" d:\ >nul >nul && echo "d:\%%~nxr"
  )
  :: count remaining dupes locally by string only and move them for manual processing
  set "count=0" & for /f "delims=" %%y in ('where ".:%strict%*" 2^>nul') do set /a "count+=1"
  if %count% gtr 1 for /f "delims=" %%r in ('where ".:%strict%*" 2^>nul') do (
      move "%%r" d:\ >nul && echo "d:\%%~nxr"
  )
  
  :sanitize
  set "count="
  
• Chrome (headless) Batch print to PDF

  I have lots of html files, which i'd like to convert into pdf-files. (but if possible only one pdf)

  So I tried to print one page with normal chrome (GUI) It worked well, because of those checkboxes at the left side:

  The output pdf works nicely but I have about 100 pdfs to print.

  I heard of google-chrome --headless --print-to-pdf but that includes(embedds) date and path in the pdf.

  google-chrome --headless --print-to-pdf=~/output.pdf ~/123.html
  

  works, but with timestamps and path in the pdf ...

  Strangley it's not able to do more than one pdf at the same time because:

  "Open multiple tabs is only supported when remote debugging is enabled."
  

  AND

  "Print to PDF is disabled when remote debugging is enabled."
  

  it's impossible to satisfy both... (multiple tabs ∧ remote debugging never lets you print pdfs)

  So is it possible to automatize this and maybe even to a single pdf as output ? Thanks.