NewFileGo

Given the number of services and programs working in the background, sometimes it can be challenging to keep track of all the things that are being written, deleted or modified to and from your drives.

NewFileGo is a small utility that can take the load of monitoring files or folders and that can execute a specific command whenever it detects new items or modifications.

Since the program is portable, it means that the setup is a quick and straightforward operation that entails decompressing the archive in any desired location on your hard drive. The application comes with a rather rugged and out-dated interface, but that is user-friendly and clean, as it permits you to preview the actions to be taken for each directory monitored.

You can add a new folder or file to be supervised by hitting the plus button on the UI. Adding a new entry implies specifying the type of action to be watched, whether it is a file or folder as well as the command that the app needs to execute automatically. The tool allows you to add additional parameters to the command, be it meta-variables, making it hidden, running the file or echoing at the command line.

You will be happy to learn that the application does not put too many limitations regarding the types of data that can be managed. Consequentially, after you specify whether the app should watch for new items, modifications or both, you can narrow down the search and find a specific file that you consider problematic.

Among the file formats that can application can monitor, you can count, FAR, FLAC, HSM, HTW, IGP, iLight, X3D, XAW, so on and so forth. It is safe to assume that the app is designed to work with a large percentage of files that are not exactly commonly used, but that can hide malware or act as a configuration file.

In the eventuality that you are looking for a utility that allows you to act quickly when new items are added or files are being modified, particularly when the changes are caused by processes working in the background, then perhaps NewFileGo could come in handy.