How to Know Which files are being copied in windows

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Hi All,

I would like to have an application which will track the list of files copied from and to an USB drive.

How can i do that using C#.net?
Can anyone help me plz?

Regards,
San

Posted 18-Sep-12 3:36am

Sanju Sanju

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2012-09-18T03:49:00

Solution 1

You don't. Not easily anyway.

Windows makes no distinction between an application opening a file for Read access and a copy operation. The two operations are identical.

This would require low-level Windows knowledge and the know-how for writing drivers and kernel-level debugging. You'd track which processes/threads have which file handles open for any kind of Read access and if those same processes/threads have file handles open for Write access. Then you can reasonable suspect that a copy operation is going on.

Good Luck!

Posted 18-Sep-12 3:49am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Sanju Sanju 20-Sep-12 2:36am

Thanks Dave.

Can you show me a sample how to do kernel level debugging using C#.

Dave Kreskowiak 20-Sep-12 7:36am

You say that like there's a 10 minute tutorial you go through and you'll know everything there is to know. Sorry, but this takes YEARS to get good at.

You can start by reading the article series found here on CP:
http://www.codeproject.com/search.aspx?q=Debug+Tutorial+Part+&doctypeid=1&authorid=961412

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2012-09-18T13:10:00

Solution 2

You can use the class System.IO.FileSystemWatcher: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x7t1d0ky.aspx[^].

Good luck,

—SA

Posted 18-Sep-12 13:10pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Sanju Sanju 20-Sep-12 2:35am

Thank you Sergey..

System.IO.FileSystemWatcher is watching only when new file is created or existing file is modified.

My Requirement is i need to know the file is pasted here from which location and copied to which location.

Can you help on this?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Sep-12 11:34am

No, it will watch the creation of the file. Copy/Paste of the file is implemented as creation a copy of the file.
--SA

Dave Kreskowiak 20-Sep-12 7:35am

FileSystemWatcher was not designed to watch an entire drive. Performance and accuracy degrades as you get into larger and larger directory trees.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Sep-12 11:33am

True.
--SA