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I am looking to create a simple script that will monitor a file on a shared server location containing a date. When this date changes, I need to display an alert to the user.
Is this possible using built-in Windows tools? If so, what tools should I be using, and what are some resources that could get me started with this?
The “monitor file modification” sample script from here should get you started:
http://www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement/scripts/storage/filesystems/#MFM.htm
Save it in a file with a “.vbs” extension and double-click to launch it (after editing the monitored file path of course). It will run in the background, so to kill it you’ll need to go into Task Manager and end the “wscript.exe” process.