SolFolderWatcher is a Windows GUI tool to watch changes of a folder. See Figure 1.
The well-known Windows ReadDirectoryChangesW API is used to watch changes of a folder.
This tool can be used also to watch or spy changes in a remote, shared network drive or folder of
other users.
See also the following console application:
If you want to change watching items, please select [Tool] menu and set items in [Watching Items Setter] Dialog.
See Figure 2.
Note:
2008/12/28: Added [Watching Files] item to [Tool] menu, you can set watching file types in [Watching Files
Setter] Dialog. See Figure 3.
By checking "*.exe" file type in that dialog, you can detect unexpected programs to be installed
into your computer by something malware-like programs.
2009/08/17: Added [Open] and [Save] items to [File] menu, you can open and save a SolFolderWatcher report file
of HTML format.
2 Download
You can download the latest SolFolderWatcher 1.0.0.3 (2009/08/17) :
(SolFolderWatcher.zip)
3 How to use it?
1. Run SolFolderWatcher program on your desktop, then a Windows Explorer like window will be displayed. See Figure 1.
2. Select a drive or folder to watch in the left treeview pane of the window.
3. To start a watch of a selected drive or folder, click [Start] button on the upper right of the the window. Or Select
[Start] of a pulldown
menu for [Watcher] menu.
4. To stop the watch, click [Stop] button on the upper right of the the window. Or Select [Stop] of a pulldown menu
for [Watcher] menu.
5. A detected file name with action name and accessed datetime will be displayed in the right listview
pane of the window. See Figure 1.
6. To save the detected files information in the listview to a 'SolFolderWatcher Report' HTML file, select [Save] of a pulldown
menu for [File] menu.
A ConfirmationDialog to save will be displayed. See Figure 4.
7. To open a 'SolFolderWatcher Report' HTML file, select [Open] of a pulldown menu for [File] menu.
Select a sfw_*.html HTML file in a FileOpenDialog, the selected 'SolFolderWatcher Report' file will be displayed
in a WebBrowser. See Figure 5.
Figure 1 SolFolderWatcher
Figure 2 Watching Items Setter
Figure 3 Watching Files Setter
Figure 4 ConfirmationDialog for Save
Figure 5 SolFolderWatcher Report
Last modified: 6 May 2016
Last modified: 6 May 2016
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