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Directory Monitor can be used for monitoring directories and/or network shares and will notify you of file changes, access, deletions, modifications, new files and inactivity in real time. Users and processes making the changes can also be detected. Directory Monitor also provides text logs, automation via script/application execution, email, writing to a database, audio alerts, printing, and more.

Characteristics

• Real-time monitoring of file changes, modifications, deletions, new files and file access.
• Monitor local directories or network shares (including hidden/private shares).
• Balloon alerts when an event is detected.
• Options to detect all files in subdirectories and file attribute changes.
• Optionally run a program/script when an event occurs.
• Log all changes in a text file of your choice.
• Include and exclude filters per directory.
• Automatic update, import/export.
• Run in the background as a Windows service (PRO).
• Find the user and application/process that made the changes (PRO).
• Command line version to run from the console (PRO).
• Snapshots to find changes even when a share is down or the machine was off (PRO).
• Run external applications/scripts unhidden and in the background (PRO).
• Extend the functionality with your own custom plugins using the included SDK (PRO).

What is new

• Database plugin performance improvement by keeping the connection open until the events are inactive (ticket #3007).
• Avoid problems with attaching corrupted or virtual files to emails.
• Fix printer errors when the machine has no printers installed.
• Add extra logging to catch strange empty errors (Ticket #3000).