WH> It was enough of a nuisance that I ran a script every few days to 
 WH> reset all the archive bits on all directories since I could never 
 WH> tell what program would mess up next. 

A one-line script:

        attrib /s /a:d -a c:\*

 WH> FP 12 reverted to the early behavior.

That's a shame.

 ¯ JdeBP ®

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