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Friday, August 27, 2010

Watch4Folder: Monitor Folder Changes

With day to day computer usage,  we keep on adding and removing many files from folder. These files may be located in many folders. Monitoring these folders manually can be a tedious job when we talk about folders that consist of several sub folders. So, here is a folder changes monitoring software called asWatch4Folder that help windows user keeping track of files added or removed in any particular folder by other users hence keeping track of their folder change activities.

Meanwhile, Watch4Folder is a windows freeware portable application with a single window easy to use interface. After you have downloaded the the file only thing that has to be done is extracting it to get the executable file.


To get it work you have to add any folder that you want to monitor on your hard disk. It also provides option to monitor sub folders within the selected folder. Watch4Folder works by taking in event by the user and performing the selected option. You can select among several events such as file create, file rename, folder create, folder delete, free space change, media change, association change etc. There are options to set actions based on the occurrence of these events like writing log files and triggering other applications.

There is also a window for viewing live logs where you can view changes made to folders in real time monitoring. Watch4folder provides help pop-ups in all the options you have to work with. As it is a portable application it can be easily carried in portable drives and can be used easily on any system running windows.