Freeware Listing: File Watcher
- Daft Logic Text File Watcher
- License: Shareware

Daft Logic Text File Watcher is a utility that allows you to monitor a text file to see its contents live. As the contents of the file are changed, the viewer inside will automatically update to show them.
Text File Watcher will not lock the file being viewed so that it can continue to be modified by other applications. The application displays the changes in real time and it is not required to refresh the main window.
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- Publisher: Daft Logic
- Date:
- Platform: WinOther
- File Watcher Simple
- License: Freeware

File Watcher Simple is a collection of XML configurable file system monitoring utilities (console and WinForms) with logging and task processing support.
One instance can be configured to run multiple file system watchers. You can also write your own file system monitors thanks to the class library included in this collection.
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- Publisher: Jussi Hiltunen
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- Platform: Win2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista
- File Watcher Windows Service
- License: Freeware

File Watcher Windows Service is a simple and easy-to-use command-line utility that allows you to monitor a specific file or folder.
The application reads start parameters at startup. The start parameters can be used to specify how the main application behaves.
Start parameters usage: FileWatcherWindowsService.exe [-a] [-b:x]
-a: Asynchronous execution of all started processes.
-b:x: Total process batch size is x (1-99). '-a' Must be specified. Limits amount of simultaneous processes run by this application.
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- Publisher: Jussi Hiltunen
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- Platform: WinOther
- File Watchers Simple
- License: Freeware

File Watcher Simple is a collection of XML configurable file system monitoring utilities (console and WinForms) with logging and task processing support.
One instance can be configured to run multiple file system watchers. You can also write your own file system monitors thanks to the class library included in this collection.
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- Publisher: Jussi Hiltunen
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- Platform: Win2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista
- File Watchers Utilities
- License: Freeware

File Watcher Utilities is a collection of XML configurable file system monitoring utilities (console and WinForms) with logging and task processing support.
One instance can be configured to run multiple file system watchers. You can also write your own file system monitors thanks to the class library included in this collection.
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- Publisher: Jussi Hiltunen
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- Platform: Win2000, Windows 7, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista
- File Watcher Task
- License: Freeware

File Watcher Task watches a folder waiting for files and when an available file is found the task completes The File Watcher Task does what it says really, it watches a folder waiting for files. When an available file is found the task completes, returning the name of the file for onward use within the package. The task detects changes to existing files as well as new files; both actions will cause the file to be found when available. A file is available when the task can open it exclusively. This is important for files that take a long time to be written, such as large files, or those that are just written slowly or delivered via a slow network link.
- Publisher: sqlis.com
- Date: 13-07-2009
- Size: 580 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- jfilewatcher
- License: Freeware

jfilewatcher was developed using the Java programming language as a simple file watcher service.
jfilewatcher uses the default polling method to check for new / modified / deleted files. It then sends events corresponding events.
You can specify folder and multiple file patterns. It uses the kilim library to create file watchers. It also provides a global lock facility to prevent multiple file watchers running at same time.
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- Publisher: Mohammed Ejaz
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- Platform: WinOther
- Beobachter file watcher
- License: Freeware

Beobachter is a file monitor, usually used to watch at log files. It has a Java Swing interface that allow us to customize the highlighting of the logs depending of the log type. Very simple, multi-platform, fast and practical tool.
Multiplatform, Save and load previous opened logs, Occurrences highlighting (regex support)
Beobachter file watcher License - GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2).
- Publisher: santiagolizardo.com
- Date:
- Size: 1384 KB
- Platform: Linux, Mac OS X, WinOther
- File Watcher Console
- License: Freeware

The application reads command line arguments from the command prompt at startup. The command line arguments can be used to specify how the main application behaves. To configure how the file system is monitored see XML configuration files.
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- Publisher: Jussi Hiltunen
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- Platform: Win7 x64, Windows 7, WinOther, WinVista, WinVista x64
- DaemonFS
- License: Freeware

DaemonFS is a real time file watcher. Cross-platform, free and opensource..
- Publisher: launchpad.net
- Date: 11-07-2012
- Size: 580 KB
- Platform: Linux, Unix, WinOther
- PCMate Free Folder Monitor
- License: Freeware

PCMate Free Folder Monitor is a cross-platform free folder monitor that automatically records all activities of all the folders including subfolders for newly added/deleted/changed files in real-time. This free file monitor also has the ability to monitor any kind of execution of a program with access to full installation. It displays the activity info of the monitored files & folders in a list, distinguished with blue/green/red text and provides you specific log info of the tracked files or folders, including timestamp, action, name and other items for your easy analysis & diagnosis. Equipped with filter function, this free file watcher allows you to customize the actions & notifications you want to see in the list and help you quickly find the wanted files for monitoring.
- Publisher: PCMateFreeSystemCare Inc.
- Date: 16-02-2016
- Size: 982 KB
- Platform: Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP, Windows 8
- Gian Virus Defender - Computer Browser
- License: Freeware

Gian Virus Defender - Computer Browser is a handy and reliable computer browser that includes a web browser, a file system watcher and a process explorer.
Gian Virus Defender - Computer Browser is very easy to use and has a clean interface. It is completely portable.
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- Publisher: Gian Utilities
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- Platform: WinOther
- File Backup Watcher 3 Lite Edition
- License: Shareware

The world is rolling fast into new digital era. With information becoming the one and only true gold of our days, computers are getting more and more widespread. These days, all kinds of activities from home accounting to international corporation business processes are getting automated. According to latest studies, private data and business-critical information make up to 30 per cent of an average hard drive space. Losing this kind of data due to equipment crash, malicious activities of viruses and Trojans, power losses and so on had already brought more than 50,000 businesses to bankruptcy! Analyzing the reasons for such massacre, IT-professionals claim low-end backup systems to be the major problem both in enterprise and home environments.
- Publisher: dswsoft.com
- Date:
- Size: 2529 KB
- Platform: Win2000, WinOther
- Free File Monitor
- License: Freeware

Free File Monitor is a system utility that can persistently monitor all the folders including subfolders for newly added/deleted/changed files. It lets you easily monitor the software activities in your computer system. With most specific log information, you can easily get the timestamp & location of the incoming files and tell if they are processed separately or all together in a group. Now you will never miss what\'s going on with your system behind your watch. You can choose the folder you want to monitor, and then Free File Monitor will display all the activities in real time in a list, marked in blue/green/red text.
- Publisher: FreeFileMonitor, Inc.
- Date: 10-06-2015
- Size: 1134 KB
- Platform: Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP, Windows 8
- PCBooster Free File Monitor
- License: Freeware

There are so many programs in your PC performing tasks in the background that it can be thankless to watch over all this activity with your own eyes. PCBooster Free File Monitor will lend you a hand to monitor the whole disk, the C drive or any specific partition/directory. It reveals the events in real-time in the main window, including file and folder creation, modification and deletion. Meanwhile, you are allowed to choose which kinds of notifications to display. Now just focus on your stuff and let PCBooster Free File Monitor keep an eye on your files & folders! The professional PCBooster Free File Monitor manages to monitor all the changes occurred to any specific files, folders and applications to help figure out any subtle change in your system for easier analysis & diagnosis and system debugging like unexpected steep...
- Publisher: PCBooster, Inc.
- Date: 18-04-2016
- Size: 1081 KB
- Platform: Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP, Windows 8
- File Watcher Utilities
- License: Freeware

File system/directory monitoring utilities with loggin and task processing support (can execute files or make a WCF service call). Multiple configuration options. Source code libraries can be used to create a custom file system monitor..
- Publisher: fwutilities.sourceforge.net
- Date: 05-09-2012
- Size: 182 KB
- Platform: Linux, Mac OS X, WinOther
- PCTuneUp Free Folder Monitor
- License: Freeware

You want to monitor the content of particular folders? You want to monitor the modification of particular files? Then PCTuneUp Free Folder Monitor is what you need! This free folder monitor software is an advanced application designed to keep an eye on a specific folder or file and get notified whenever a specific change occurs. Working as an execution file monitor, PCTuneUp Free Folder Monitor allows you to monitor any kind of executable program with access to full installation to know what kinds of changes happened on your program execution running on your computer. It records every track of running applications and processes, as well as monitoring their particular activity.
- Publisher: PCTuneUp, Inc.
- Date: 24-07-2015
- Size: 842 KB
- Platform: Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP, Windows 8
- AB2L 6-Way Sync
- License: Shareware

AB2L 6-Way Sync is a multi-profile, multi-feature, heavy duty file protection, local sync, backup and encryption program. It's designed for: (1) a single computer; (2) a computer with peripherals such as USB flash drives or external hard drives; or (3) computer to computer (to computer, etc.) on a Windows Network.
We say "Heavy Duty" because:
(1) Its "File Protection" allows an unlimited number of previous different versions of your files to be saved. You could keep the last one million different versions of a file if you wanted. This protects your files against data corruption.
- Publisher: Jeff Agee
- Date:
- Size: 665 KB
- Platform: Win2000, Win7 x64, Windows 7, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64
- File System Watcher
- License: Freeware

A File System Watcher build on .Net platform for watching directories/files activities. It allow you to add multiple watches to different directories/files. You can also enable logging for change activities.
File System Watcher License - Open Software License 3.0 (OSL3.0).
- Publisher: Fswatcher
- Date:
- Size: 1643 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- Syslog Watcher
- License: Freeware

Syslog Watcher 4.0 is a complete solution for collecting and storing syslog messages from various hardware and software network devices. The program provides some important features in addition to a reliable and efficient way of storing and displaying this important data. The program facilitates the collection of data from any software or hardware device on the network via UPD / TCP and IPv4 / IPv6 protocols. This data is safely stored in a centralized file database. To retrieve and analyze data, a number of useful advanced search features are available complete with filters to help network administrators find the information that they need.
- Publisher: SnmpSoft Company
- Date: 19-11-2012
- Size: 14693 KB
- Platform: Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Windows Server, Windows Vista, WinOther, WinVista, WinVista x64
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