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FolderChangesView vs FileActivityWatch: catalog facts
FolderChangesView	FileActivityWatch
Free Freeware from NirSoft; it may not be sold or bundled with commercial products.	Free Freeware from NirSoft with no paid tier.
Windows	Windows
Monitors local drives and network shares Per-file counts of creates, modifications, deletions and renames	Links each file operation to the process that made it Folder and drive summary modes
Only records changes while it is running If the monitored base folder is deleted, monitoring stops and must be restarted manually	Requires running as Administrator Windows only
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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