Monitor File Events

Considering the number of processes working in the background performing their own task, it is physically impossible for a single person to know what is written, deleted or modified. Monitor File Events is a tool that can help you keep a close eye on what is going on with the files on your system.

The app is portable and therefore, you can simply decompress the archive in the desired location on your drive. The interface comprises several windows, one that displays the directories it is watching, the settings and the actual events happening.

As you probably hinted, you can get started by specifying the folders that you want to monitor, a fairly simple process that entails browsing to the directories on your system. The next step implies you select the type of action to be monitored. Here, you can choose between watching a process or various changes that may happen to files, such as creation time, attributes, last write or last accessed. Once you selected the desired settings, hit the Start Monitoring File Events button located at the bottom of the GUI.

Everything that happens to the files is neatly displayed in the dedicated windows with highlighting so you can easily jump to what interests you. The right panel shows the general event, whereas the left one displays more details, like the process ID, process name or executable path.

The program offers the possibility to save the log events or log process in a plain text file. You can explore either of the files later on using another third-party software or by yourself, if few events have occurred.

In the eventuality that you need to find out more about what is going on with the files on your critical directories and hence, possibly discover malware or unauthorized usage, then perhaps you can consider giving Monitor File Events a try.