Alternatives to ProcessActivityView
A Windows tool that summarizes which files and folders a selected process opens, reads and writes. Notes say what changes if you switch.
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ProcessActivityView
A Windows tool that summarizes which files and folders a selected process opens, reads and writes.
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FileActivityWatch
A Windows tool that shows every file read, write and delete operation along with the responsible process.
FileActivityWatch shows file reads, writes and deletes system-wide with the responsible process on Windows, without injecting a DLL, but needs Administrator rights.
GDIView
A Windows tool that lists GDI handles opened by each process to help trace resource leaks.
Process Monitor
Logs every file, registry, process, thread and DLL operation on Windows in real time, which is how you find out why something failed.
Process Monitor records file, registry, thread and DLL activity for all processes on Windows with stack details and supports current Windows versions.
Process Explorer
Task Manager with the lid off: shows which process has a file open, which DLLs it loaded, and the full parent-child tree.
FolderChangesView
A Windows tool that watches a folder or drive and lists files that are created, modified or deleted.
FileAccessErrorView
A Windows diagnostic tool that shows file access errors as programs open, read, write or delete files.
FSMonitor
A macOS app that records and displays file system changes in real time.
FSMonitor records file system changes on macOS with filtering by process, export to JSON and a command-line tool, and is paid after the trial.
RunAsDate
A Windows utility that runs a program with a date and time you choose without changing the system clock.
strace
A Linux diagnostic tool that traces the system calls, signals and state changes of a process.
strace moves process tracing to Linux at the system call level, attaching to running programs and decoding file descriptors into paths.
jdProcessFileWatcher
A Linux GUI utility for watching which files a process accesses.
Sysmon
A Sysinternals service that logs detailed process, network and file activity to the Windows event log.
FileMonitor
A free macOS command-line utility that logs file system activity for analysis and malware research.
FileMonitor is a free macOS command-line utility that logs which process touched which file, aimed at malware research and troubleshooting.
Mac Monitor
A macOS system monitor that records Endpoint Security events for security research and malware triage.
Mac Monitor is an open source macOS app that records process and file events through Endpoint Security, requiring an approved system extension.
lsof
A command-line tool that lists open files and the processes that are using them.
