Moo0 FileMonitor is a free file monitoring software for the Windows operating system. The program is available as a portable version and installer.

File access is monitored on all hard drives by default, with options to filter the storage devices and file access operations at the top.

It is for instance possible to select a specific drive for monitoring, and select one or multiple file operations. Available operations are file creations, modifications, renaming and deletion. A user could use the program to monitor file creations on the c: drive, or file deletions on another drive.

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The program displays all operations in its main interface, sorted by time, with options to stop and resume the recording of data at anytime.

Table headers are available to sort the recorded file operations by time, type of change, file name, size, folder or extension.

Statistics and additional controls are displayed in the footer of the program. The disk usage is displayed as a percentage value and a graph, and the read and write bandwidth is displayed there as well.

It is possible to save the recorded information to a log file in HTM format, to process it in another application at a later time, or as proof of the changes on the system.

The View menu contains options to change the file monitor’s update frequency, from the resource intensive real time monitoring to one minute or more. Logs are also limited by 2000 entries by default, which can be changed to a value between 100 and 20000 in the View menu as well.

Moo0 FileMonitor could use filtering options, to monitor only specific directories or exclude directories and files from being monitored by the application. A search would also come in handy.

The file monitor is compatible with most 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Both the portable version and the installer are available for download at the developer website.

This aids the user in keeping an eye on files that grow over time. Examples are log files, mailboxes or caches.

Users can add files in several ways. It is possible to pick individual files using the file browser or by selecting a folder instead. All files of the selected folder are added to the list of monitored files then automatically.

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All files are listed with their file name, path, size in Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes and Gigabytes. The list view can be sorted by clicking on the header of each column, that way it is possible to display the biggest culprits directly.

Size Matters can be configured to automatically refresh the listing every x minutes. Selected rows can be exported into a csv file to work with the information in another program or store them as backup.

The application currently has a few shortcomings. It for instance does not have an option to react on file size changes. This could be something as simple as playing an alarm sound to advanced features like running external programs.

Size Matters does not update the list with new files that are added in folders that have been previously added to the program. This makes it impossible to monitor a download folder for instance, as the program fails to add the new files to the list.

This option could be combined with the ability to set rules for folders, like setting a maximum size limit for a folder, again with alarms that go off if the limit is reached.

Size Matters has been created by a Donation Coder member, you can visit the initial forum thread here or visit the developer’s website directly to download the software.

Disk Pulse is initially configured to monitor file changes of the main hard drive of the computer system. It is possible to add, edit or delete locations easily from the main interface that lists all monitored directories.

Each file that is changed will be displayed with the time, date and full path in the interface as well giving the user an overview of the file operations in those monitored directories.

The lower third of the program interface displays statistics about the file changes. Here it is possible to categorize the file changes by extension, change type, username, file size or file date.

Disk Pulse displays the subcategories, file count, total file size and the percentage of changes that it makes up.

One interesting aspect here is that the files that are displayed in the interface change depending on the user’s category selection.

Some possibilities include displaying only large files that have been changed, files that have been changed by a specific user or files with a specific extension that have been changed.

The disk monitoring software supports profiles that can be used to monitor different directories or events more easily and with less noise.

Other interesting features include the ability to export and import configurations, configure a proxy server, use keyboard shortcuts or change the level of information that are displayed in Disk Pulse.

Disk Pulse can be downloaded from the developer’s website. The software is offered as a 32-bit and 64-bit edition. There are also pro and ultimate versions of the program which add functionality but need to be purchased.

It would for instance be possible to monitor the directory of your favorite p2p software and move files to another directory when the download has finished. Another possibility would be to automatically rename files that have been created in a monitored directory adding data and time to the filename.

Other actions include the execution of applications, the termination of softwares, popup windows, sounds that are played, other file operations such as copy, move, rename and delete as well as the creation of file lists.

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