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Tom Silverman
Tom Silverman

Reputation: 257

How can I find all the files that a Windows executable has opened or access when it is running?

I want to understand and track what an executable program/application/process is doing my computer. How can I find all the files (like ouput files, log files, etc.) that it has opened or is accessing when it is running?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 9818

Answers (2)

Joey
Joey

Reputation: 354476

Process Explorer has a second pane, showing all open handles:

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Also Process Monitor can monitor and log all registry and file access from a process.

Upvotes: 8

Bali C
Bali C

Reputation: 31221

Process Monitor sounds exactly what you are looking for.

Just find your process and it tells you in detail what the process is doing, more so than Process Explorer.

Upvotes: 3

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