how to log all files opened on my pc?

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jgalt650-excel

I'm looking for a program or process by which all files of certain
types (i.e. .xls, .doc, .ppt) will be written to a text log file on my
pc.

A log entry would be created each time I open a file.

The log entry would list the name of the file, the path, the date, and
time, and the file type.
 
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Chip Pearson

You would have to write an add-in for each office program, or a
COM add-in that could be used by all Office programs. Neither is
a trivial task.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
 
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Wibs

I'm looking for a program or process by which all files of certain
types (i.e. .xls, .doc, .ppt) will be written to a text log file on my
pc.

A log entry would be created each time I open a file.

The log entry would list the name of the file, the path, the date, and
time, and the file type.
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I did this once, but I had to do it for every Office Application. I
settled on Word and Excel, and simply wrote macros that replaced the
Save and Save As commands, saving to a hidden logfile first before
saving normally.

I don't know if this could be done now.

But why not use a keystroke logger instead, that captures everything
that is typed on your PC?

Try a free trial download from:

http://smartkeystrokerecorder.com/

Wibs
 
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Steve Yandl

Jgalt,

If you're running on WinXP, Win2k or beyond or even WinME, you can use WMI
to monitor when a process is launched and then extract information like file
name, path, date/time etc. The problem I've experienced when setting this
up for Office applications is that the process name and command line
information returned simply tells you that EXCEL.EXE or WINWORD.EXE was
started. Then you have to launch a hidden instance of Word and use it's
tasks collection to see which files were launched and I've discovered that
technique to be somewhat unreliable depending on how users launch Excel
files.

Steve
 
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