Folder Monitoring On A Network Drive

Tonk · 09-02-2008, 05:59 AM

Ok

i have a 1TB WD My Book World and im usin the acess anywhere software with the option to share folders with ppl to share a share's folder on the drive so they can stick stuff in i need to save for them etc but my friend would find it funny to put harmful stuff in there without me knowing so i would like to set up a folder monitor that will give me a desktop alert to tell me that some thing has been added into the folder so atleast i can check it out to see what it is because atm he can add stuff in and im non the wiser until i check it manually

so basicaly im just askin for a folder monitor to work on windows vista than will show a pop up message if anything is added or changed wthin the folder

Thanks in advance

Tonk

**johnwill** · 09-02-2008, 06:51 AM

That's going to be pretty difficult without continually querying the NAS. I'd suggest simply restricting the idiot "friend" that puts harmful stuff in your folders.

Tonk · 09-02-2008, 07:10 AM

Nah hes not an idiot he just would put summitlike an auto shutdown auto running program in there or summit cause i rarly restant my laptop so he knows that would be rly anoying its more anoying things he does than harmful but it would be useful if he had acess because he always needs me to save files for him and sendin them through msn etc isnt always practicle ... he needs to have acess rly i just need summit tht will tell me wen thing are put it not to do anythin fancy like only acept certain file extentions just tell me when files are added

any ideas would be helpful plz

09-02-2008, 05:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tonk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 133 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit, Windows XP Professional SP3 32bit, Windows XP Home SP3 32bit	Folder Monitoring On A Network Drive Ok i have a 1TB WD My Book World and im usin the acess anywhere software with the option to share folders with ppl to share a share's folder on the drive so they can stick stuff in i need to save for them etc but my friend would find it funny to put harmful stuff in there without me knowing so i would like to set up a folder monitor that will give me a desktop alert to tell me that some thing has been added into the folder so atleast i can check it out to see what it is because atm he can add stuff in and im non the wiser until i check it manually so basicaly im just askin for a folder monitor to work on windows vista than will show a pop up message if anything is added or changed wthin the folder Thanks in advance Tonk

09-02-2008, 06:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,607 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Folder Monitoring On A Network Drive That's going to be pretty difficult without continually querying the NAS. I'd suggest simply restricting the idiot "friend" that puts harmful stuff in your folders. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

09-02-2008, 07:10 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tonk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 133 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit, Windows XP Professional SP3 32bit, Windows XP Home SP3 32bit	Re: Folder Monitoring On A Network Drive Nah hes not an idiot he just would put summitlike an auto shutdown auto running program in there or summit cause i rarly restant my laptop so he knows that would be rly anoying its more anoying things he does than harmful but it would be useful if he had acess because he always needs me to save files for him and sendin them through msn etc isnt always practicle ... he needs to have acess rly i just need summit tht will tell me wen thing are put it not to do anythin fancy like only acept certain file extentions just tell me when files are added any ideas would be helpful plz Last edited by Tonk; 09-02-2008 at 07:17 AM.