how can I monitor processes in my computer?

[dekelc]

hello,

I wanted to know how can know when one file is accessing another file and
modifying it. I need to know which file modified which file.
how can I do that?

thanks

[MartinLiss]

Files don't access or modify other files, programs do.

[dekelc]

ok, so how can I monitor these programs?

[MartinLiss]

I don't believe you can. What is the problem you are trying to solve?

[jeroen79]

I know of a program -called Freefile- which can tell you which files are opened/locked and by which programs, so it can be monitored.

I assume that you would need to talk to the filesystem through some API and ask what is opened.

[moeur]

You might want to look at the DeviceIOControl Function

[dis1411]

yes, microsoft word for example tells you what program has a locked a file it's trying to open.

[Joacim Andersson]

yes, microsoft word for example tells you what program has a locked a file it's trying to open.

That's because all MS Office applications create an information file whenever they put a lock an a document of some sort.

[Joacim Andersson]

Files don't access or modify other files, programs do.

But a program is also a file

[jeroen79]

No, a program is not a file.

A program is a list of intructions to the computer so it can complete a task.
Saving this list to disk is useful if you want to use it again in the future but not mandatory.
Just open a new VB project and run it without saving.

And it is not the program's file that accesses things, it is the program loaded into memory that does.

[dglienna]

If you compile it on demand, it will create a temp file.