We were on a lookout for a software on Windows OS’es that would monitor some directories for changes. We could have achieved it via event viewer, etc, but we wanted a professional report and the likes. Hence, we set out to find software’s which would let us do the same. This is what we found:
1. DiskPulse:
It is a free and easy-to-use disk change monitoring utility allowing one to monitor one or more disks or directories and detect file system changes in real-time. In addition, DiskPulse Pro adds the ability to save HTML, Excel CSV and text reports, provides an option to monitor specific file types and allows one to automatically send E-Mail notifications or execute custom commands.
Operating system supported:
Windows 2000,
Windows XP,
Windows Vista,
Windows 7,
Windows Server 2003,
Windows Server 2008,
Windows Storage Server 2008 (both 32 bit and 64 bit)
Download DiskPulse version 1.4.10 here.
2. Directory Monitor:
Features:
* Monitor directories for file changes, modifications, deletions and new files.
* Monitor local directories or network shares (including hidden shares).
* Optionally execute an application when an event occurs.
* Quickly tell if a directory is available and being monitored.
* Balloon notifications whenever an event is fired.
* Auto updating, import/export and more.
* FREE!
Download Directory Monitor version 1.0.1.23 here.
In addition to these two, there are many open source software’s that could be used for the same purpose.
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