Preserving doc "Date Created" as displayed in Windows explorer

Hello. We've just retired an SBS and have about 2000 Word docs that have their attached templates linked to the obsolete server. Using EditAttachedTemplates (vb.net) solves the missing template problem but introduces another. It wipes the
Date Created - for Windows explorer purposes.
Our staff accesses all of the .docm's by windows explorer (sorted by "Date Created"). Without the template repair app, each doc takes 30 seconds to open and machines are searching for the old server.
I do not have access to the source code of the template repair app. Also... I am not a dev and we do not employ one. So... hypothetically, if I could find someone to alter the vb repair app, could it in theory be adjusted so that the original
"Date Created" as displayed in W7 explorer would be unchanged?

Thank you, Paul.
This code has following issues:
1. Its "Last Modified" date retention line returns an error. "Object does not support this action". I worked it around using the Shell method though.
UpdateModDT xFolder, xFile, xDT
Function UpdateModDT(myFolder, myFile, DateTime)
Dim objShell, objFolder
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.NameSpace(CStr(myFolder))
objFolder.Items.Item(myFile).ModifyDate = DateTime
End Function
2. It skips the Protected files and returns an error when it cannot write the reason in the the document from where it was run
3. It only works on one extension type at a time, i.e. currently set for *.doc
Can you please assist on this?
Thanks,
Josh

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