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how to log all files opened on my pc?
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. |
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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 wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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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 wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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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 wrote in message ups.com... 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 wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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Why not use the Journal Feature in Outlook???
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid -- Saruman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Outgoing Mail Scanned By Norton Antivirus 2003 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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