Dec 29, 2010 · At work we use Powershell to monitor folders. It can be used since Windows Vista (.NET and PowerShell is preinstalled) without any additional tools. This script monitors a …

I implemented ReadDirectoryChangesW to monitor a directory and all its sub directories and get the information about change in those directories. I have written a blog post on the same, and I …

Aug 31, 2012 · 45 There are similar questions for Linux and Mac, but I'm after a Windows solution here. The problem is as follows: I want to write several (js) script files in a folder, and have a …

I have a log file being written by another process which I want to watch for changes. Each time a change occurs I'd like to read the new data in to do some processing on it. What's the best …

Apr 30, 2016 · I need to create a batch script that continually monitors a specific file for changes, in this case, LogTest.txt. When the file is updated it will trigger a VBScript message box, which …

Dec 7, 2012 · I make program with spyware features for education, and I need to know in the program when file system is changing file, and what file is being changed. How can I do that in …

Windows (.NET Framework) If you are ok using C++/CLI with the .NET Framework then System.IO.FileSystemWatcher is your class of choice. Microsoft has a nice article on how to …

Is there any simple way(i.e., script) to watch file in Powershell and run commands if file changes. I have been googling but can't find simple solution. Basically I run script in Powershell and if ...

Jun 6, 2019 · Look at the log file for registry changes. Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.

For debugging purposes in a somewhat closed system, I have to output text to a file. Does anyone know of a tool that runs on windows (console based or not) that detects changes to a …