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Which tool to monitor file and registry changes?

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    Hi, for a professional application, I am looking for a tool that is able to: - monitor user defined paths for file changes - monitor registry changes of defined registry folders - log the fact that a change has taken place, and by which process (for example: test.ini modified by notepad.exe) - log a short diff report (this is the point that I really found no real solution for... i.e. show what was actually changed in a file and create a diff-report like Windiff oder KDiff) I already found tools like FileSpy on sourceforge which can do part of what I need, but no tool which is capable of doing them all. Any suggestions where to look at? Preferrably free software, but if the tool is good, it may also be commercial software.

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      Hi, for a professional application, I am looking for a tool that is able to: - monitor user defined paths for file changes - monitor registry changes of defined registry folders - log the fact that a change has taken place, and by which process (for example: test.ini modified by notepad.exe) - log a short diff report (this is the point that I really found no real solution for... i.e. show what was actually changed in a file and create a diff-report like Windiff oder KDiff) I already found tools like FileSpy on sourceforge which can do part of what I need, but no tool which is capable of doing them all. Any suggestions where to look at? Preferrably free software, but if the tool is good, it may also be commercial software.

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      ledtech3
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      There is a tool but it captures everything. Process Monitor http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645[^] It is a free tool and allows you to set filters and search for the data you may be looking for.

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        Hi, for a professional application, I am looking for a tool that is able to: - monitor user defined paths for file changes - monitor registry changes of defined registry folders - log the fact that a change has taken place, and by which process (for example: test.ini modified by notepad.exe) - log a short diff report (this is the point that I really found no real solution for... i.e. show what was actually changed in a file and create a diff-report like Windiff oder KDiff) I already found tools like FileSpy on sourceforge which can do part of what I need, but no tool which is capable of doing them all. Any suggestions where to look at? Preferrably free software, but if the tool is good, it may also be commercial software.

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        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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        WinPatrol* (http://www.winpatrol.com/[^]) *for system modifications outside your approval.

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          Hi, for a professional application, I am looking for a tool that is able to: - monitor user defined paths for file changes - monitor registry changes of defined registry folders - log the fact that a change has taken place, and by which process (for example: test.ini modified by notepad.exe) - log a short diff report (this is the point that I really found no real solution for... i.e. show what was actually changed in a file and create a diff-report like Windiff oder KDiff) I already found tools like FileSpy on sourceforge which can do part of what I need, but no tool which is capable of doing them all. Any suggestions where to look at? Preferrably free software, but if the tool is good, it may also be commercial software.

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          codejet
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          I guess process explorer from SysInternal can help.

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            Hi, for a professional application, I am looking for a tool that is able to: - monitor user defined paths for file changes - monitor registry changes of defined registry folders - log the fact that a change has taken place, and by which process (for example: test.ini modified by notepad.exe) - log a short diff report (this is the point that I really found no real solution for... i.e. show what was actually changed in a file and create a diff-report like Windiff oder KDiff) I already found tools like FileSpy on sourceforge which can do part of what I need, but no tool which is capable of doing them all. Any suggestions where to look at? Preferrably free software, but if the tool is good, it may also be commercial software.

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            TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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            file monitoring: Disk Monitor[^] registry monitoring: Process Monitor[^]

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