Is it possible in the Windows environment to detect if a file is being opened with with .NET
I would like to place a handler on the file system to detect if a file or any file is being opened, is this possible?
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Is it possible in the Windows environment to detect if a file is being opened with with .NET
I would like to place a handler on the file system to detect if a file or any file is being opened, is this possible?
The simplest solution would be to use a
FileSystemWatcherand set the filter toNotifyFilters.LastAccess, which will tell it to watch for a change in the last access date/time.