How to Detect File Copy Operation

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Pls, how can i detect a file copy operation in Windows using VB.net.
I want to build a software to restrict copy operation based on user Access or a password scheme.
How do i go about this..?

Posted 16-Aug-13 0:33am

Prince Tegaton

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2013-08-16T01:35:00

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Have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1156975/copy-paste-event-listener-in-c-sharp[^]

Posted 16-Aug-13 1:35am

Maciej Los

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2013-08-16T04:02:00

You can't. A copy operation is no different than an application opening a file for write access. There is no "Copying a file!" event exposed by Explorer or Windows for that matter.

Think about it. How would you machine know if a remote machine was copying a file to your machine or just opening a file on your machine and writing data to it?? There is no difference.

The same is true for all local copy operations.