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FileActivityWatch vs FolderChangesView: catalog facts
FileActivityWatch	FolderChangesView
Free Freeware from NirSoft with no paid tier.	Free Freeware from NirSoft; it may not be sold or bundled with commercial products.
Windows	Windows
Links each file operation to the process that made it Folder and drive summary modes	Monitors local drives and network shares Per-file counts of creates, modifications, deletions and renames
Requires running as Administrator Windows only	Only records changes while it is running If the monitored base folder is deleted, monitoring stops and must be restarted manually
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License: Freeware	License: Freeware
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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