how to log all files opened on my pc?

[[email protected]]

I'm looking for a program or process by which all files of certain
types (i.e. .xls, .doc, .ppt) will be written to a text log file on my
pc.

A log entry would be created each time I open a file.

The log entry would list the name of the file, the path, the date, and
time, and the file type.

[Chip Pearson]

You would have to write an add-in for each office program, or a
COM add-in that could be used by all Office programs. Neither is
a trivial task.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I'm looking for a program or process by which all files of
> certain
> types (i.e. .xls, .doc, .ppt) will be written to a text log
> file on my
> pc.
>
> A log entry would be created each time I open a file.
>
> The log entry would list the name of the file, the path, the
> date, and
> time, and the file type.
>

[[email protected]]

Thanks Chip - Seems like something the OS should do.

Jgalt.


Chip Pearson wrote:
> You would have to write an add-in for each office program, or a
> COM add-in that could be used by all Office programs. Neither is
> a trivial task.
>
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Chip Pearson
> Microsoft MVP - Excel
> Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
> www.cpearson.com
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > I'm looking for a program or process by which all files of
> > certain
> > types (i.e. .xls, .doc, .ppt) will be written to a text log
> > file on my
> > pc.
> >
> > A log entry would be created each time I open a file.
> >
> > The log entry would list the name of the file, the path, the
> > date, and
> > time, and the file type.
> >

[Wibs]

I'm looking for a program or process by which all files of certain
types (i.e. .xls, .doc, .ppt) will be written to a text log file on my
pc.

A log entry would be created each time I open a file.

The log entry would list the name of the file, the path, the date, and
time, and the file type.

I did this once, but I had to do it for every Office Application. I settled on Word and Excel, and simply wrote macros that replaced the Save and Save As commands, saving to a hidden logfile first before saving normally.

I don't know if this could be done now.

But why not use a keystroke logger instead, that captures everything that is typed on your PC?

Try a free trial download from:

http://smartkeystrokerecorder.com/

Wibs

[Steve Yandl]

Jgalt,

If you're running on WinXP, Win2k or beyond or even WinME, you can use WMI
to monitor when a process is launched and then extract information like file
name, path, date/time etc. The problem I've experienced when setting this
up for Office applications is that the process name and command line
information returned simply tells you that EXCEL.EXE or WINWORD.EXE was
started. Then you have to launch a hidden instance of Word and use it's
tasks collection to see which files were launched and I've discovered that
technique to be somewhat unreliable depending on how users launch Excel
files.

Steve


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thanks Chip - Seems like something the OS should do.
>
> Jgalt.
>
>
> Chip Pearson wrote:
>> You would have to write an add-in for each office program, or a
>> COM add-in that could be used by all Office programs. Neither is
>> a trivial task.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cordially,
>> Chip Pearson
>> Microsoft MVP - Excel
>> Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
>> www.cpearson.com
>>
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >
>> > I'm looking for a program or process by which all files of
>> > certain
>> > types (i.e. .xls, .doc, .ppt) will be written to a text log
>> > file on my
>> > pc.
>> >
>> > A log entry would be created each time I open a file.
>> >
>> > The log entry would list the name of the file, the path, the
>> > date, and
>> > time, and the file type.
>> >
>

[Saruman]

Why not use the Journal Feature in Outlook???

KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid

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Saruman

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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I'm looking for a program or process by which all files of certain
> types (i.e. .xls, .doc, .ppt) will be written to a text log file on my
> pc.
>
> A log entry would be created each time I open a file.
>
> The log entry would list the name of the file, the path, the date, and
> time, and the file type.
>