FileActivityWatch Changelog

What's new in FileActivityWatch 1.70

Dec 23, 2023
  • Added 'File Extension' column.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.68 (Oct 1, 2023)

  • Added 'Black Background' option (Under the View menu). When it's turned on, the main table is displayed in black background and white text, instead of default system colors.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.67 (Aug 9, 2023)

  • Added 'Sort By' toolbar button.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.66 (Mar 11, 2022)

  • Added 'Always On Top' option.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.65 (Aug 3, 2021)

  • Fixed some high DPI mode issues (Toolbar, Properties Window).
  • Added option to change the sorting column from the menu (View -> Sort By). Like the column header click sorting, if you click again the same sorting menu item, it'll switch between ascending and descending order. Also, if you hold down the shift key while choosing the sort menu item, you'll get a secondary sorting.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.61 (Nov 18, 2020)

  • Added 'Process Services' column, which displays the services of the process (Only when the 'Process Grouping' option is 'Group by process ID').

New in FileActivityWatch 1.60 (Aug 25, 2020)

  • Added 'Drives Summary' option to the 'Files/Folders Mode' option, which allows you to display a summary of all activity of a drive in one item, instead of displaying every filename separately.
  • Fixed to display the drive letter properly when USB drive is inserted while FileActivityWatch is active.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.55 (Feb 13, 2020)

  • Added 'Files/Folders Mode' to the 'Advanced Options' window, which allows you to display a summary of all activity of a folder in one item, instead of displaying every filename separately.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.50 (Jan 24, 2020)

  • You can now choose the unit of the Read/Write Bytes columns: Bytes, kB, KiB, MB, MiB.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.45 (Dec 6, 2019)

  • You can set any variable appears saved in the .cfg file from command-line. For example, this command set a filter to display only file operations of .txt files :
  • FileActivityWatch.exe /FilenameFilterMode 1 /FilenameFilterStr "*.txt"
  • Added 'Align Numeric Columns To Right' option (It's turned on by default).

New in FileActivityWatch 1.40 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • You can now specify "*." as wildcard to specify filename without extension.
  • Explorer context menu inside FileActivityWatch: When you right-click on a single item while holding down the shift key, FileActivityWatch now displays the context menu of Windows Explorer, instead of the FileActivityWatch context menu.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.35 (Sep 2, 2019)

  • Added 'Process Grouping' option (In 'Advanced Options' window - F9): 'Don't group by process', 'Group by process ID' (Default), 'Group by process filename'.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.30 (May 16, 2019)

  • Added option to filter by process name (In 'Advanced Options' window - F9).

New in FileActivityWatch 1.27 (Apr 18, 2019)

  • Added 'Put Icon On Tray' option.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.26 (Mar 28, 2019)

  • Fixed to display properly files on a remote network drive.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.25 (Mar 11, 2019)

  • Added option to filter by filename wildcard (In 'Advanced Options' window - F9).

New in FileActivityWatch 1.21 (Jan 21, 2019)

  • Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option (Turned on by default).

New in FileActivityWatch 1.20 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • Added command-line options to save the report of FileActivityWatch into a file without displaying any user interface.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.10 (Oct 30, 2018)

  • Added 'File Properties' (Ctrl+Enter), 'Open File Folder' (F8), and 'Explorer Copy' (Ctrl+E).

New in FileActivityWatch 1.08 (Aug 17, 2018)

  • You can now resize the properties window, and the last size/position of this window is saved in the .cfg file.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.07 (Jul 9, 2018)

  • Added option to choose another font (name and size) to display in the main window.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.06 (Apr 25, 2018)

  • Added 'Automatically Scroll Down On New Items' option.

New in FileActivityWatch 1.05 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • Added new columns: 'Read+Write Bytes' and 'Read+Write Count'.