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However, I don't know how good the file caching is on Windows. It might keep your disk from sleeping, which is especially bad on a laptop. Is implementing the functionality of monitoring file changes using Windows API have some benefits that are worth the effort required to implement it? Is this have some downside effect (maybe on Hard Disk) that I am missing. So, My question is should I worry about high value of I/O Read Bytes. After few hours of uptime of PC, the I/O Read Bytes by this program become significant higher than the rest of processes. But, few days ago I noticed that the program ranks at highest for I/O Read Bytes in task manager. I am using that application since it is developed and have not experienced any performance problem due to that. Since, the files are very small (less than 500KB), the program doesn't consume much memory. I load them as a string in memory and after few seconds, I read the latest file and compare it with the one in memory.

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Part of it was to monitor few configuration files for manual changes by user and if any of these change restart a particular service.

Closing Wordsįolder Monitor is a well designed monitoring program for Windows PCs that keeps track of file changes in monitored folders and notifies you about them.I developed a Windows software about an year ago. You can use /ConfigFile to load a specific configuration file, /LogFile to select a custom location for the log, and /AllowMultipleInstances to run multiple instances of Folder Monitor at the same time. The program supports command line arguments as well. You can disable either one or even both if you prefer that, or change them. The program icon blinks by default and displays the log of changes and the sound notifications play a system sound. You can change notification options with a right-click on Folder Monitor's system tray icon and the selection of options.įolder Monitor supports visual and sound notifications.

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The notification lists date and time, full path, file name, the actual event, and if a file was renamed the new name as well. notepad.exe or copy.įolder Monitor keeps track of all changes in a log and displays that log to you whenever new changes happen. If you add (5) as the argument the full path to the file is supplied to the command, e.g.

You may add a command and arguments so that it is executed whenever changes are noticed Folder Monitor supports variables that you may add as arguments. It is possible to add custom regular expressions as well using the filter menu.

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The default monitoring options monitor the folder for any event and include any subfolder automatically as well.Įxclude and include come with sets of presets to select documents, text files, or movie files for inclusion or exclusion. You can use "add folder" to use the folder browse or "add path" to type or paste a path to a folder directly. Right-click in the main program interface after start and use the "add" options to add new folders that you want to monitor.

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You can turn off the update checks by right-clicking on the program's system tray icon and disabling the update options.

Watch 4 Folder - Monitor up to four folders for events (create, change, rename, media, more), log changes, and execute programs.įolder Monitor runs an update check once a month by default if you use a program like Windows Firewall Monitor you may notice the connection.

Spy the Spy - Monitors only for executable files.

Folder RSS - Creates a custom RSS feed that highlights modifications in the selected folder.

File Watcher Simple - Monitor any number of folders for events.

Extract Now - Monitor folders for new archives to extract them automatically.