Folder Watchdog Service 2 (FwdSvc2)

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Description

The program provides file system changes email notification service. It can send you a mail; write a log entry or perform another action when a folder's content changed. Various filters can be applied in order to get rid of undesired events. Either local or remote file system can be monitored.

Folder Watchdog Service 2 is good solution for those who:

• Wants to get notified by email when a new file arrived to a folder
• Need to track changes made to a file system at local or remote machine
• Want such changes logged to a file or sent by email
• Don't want to get through system audit log filtering out useless alerts

Known issues

Till now there is only one issue reported - using Google Mail for mail notifications requires specific settings: EnableSSL set to 'checked' state, and Port set to 567 instead of standard 465.

Features

Here is a list of the program's main features.

• Completely free for home or educational use!
• Network connectivity fault recovery support.
• Unlimited number of folders being watched.
• Particular folder-only or entire subtree watch.
• Unlimited number of masks, wildcards or regular expressions, allows full control on which file or folder triggers notification.
• Filters are provided to remove unwanted changes by various conditions.
• Unlimited number of notifications per every folder.
• Built-in notification method: customizable log file
• Built-in notification method: email message with XSLT templates configurable per each notification, extensive SMTP support, including SSL, plain text and Integrated Windows authentication.
• Each notification can be individually configured to filter out unnecessary changes:
  • All events but 'Created' can be suppressed
  • All repetitive events (i.e. events related to the same file or subfolder) can be suppressed
• Complete built-in support for watching schedule.
• No nag screens, time limits, adware, spyware, malware, activation or validation
• Configuration information is stored in industry-standard XML files with XSD schema provided along with executable modules.
• Open interfaces allow a user to implement their own filters and notification methods by means of any Microsoft .NET 2.0 compatible development tool.

System requirements

The program requires Microsoft .NET Runtime 2.0 installed on the machine running Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server. Running under Windows Vista is not yet tested, however there are no issues expected to occur

Need help?

Check this Quick Start Guide first. To edit the program's configuration manually please use a Notepad or an editor with XML/XSD support (you may need to specify path to .xsd files). To develop a custom filter or notification method feel free to contact the author for detailed description and assistance. Please include your fwdsvc2.exe.config and config.xml files along with problem details. In order to keep your privacy, have all sensitive data replaced with something alike but non-valid before sending your configuration files!

Screenshots

To see some screenshots of the Folder Watchdog Service 2 Configurator application please proceed to Screenshots page.

Where to obtain the latest version

Folder Watchdog Service 2 can be downloaded from different sources at the Internet, but the only location for the most up-to-date version is this site. Proceed to Download page to get the link to the installation package. This package is guaranteed to be free of viruses, adware, spyware and other unsolicited content.

Why to register

Although the program is free for home or educational use, registration after trial period of 30 days is mandatory as long as the program is intended to be used in business-related purposes If you want to purchase a registration key via one of highly secure and reliable software resellers please check detailed instructions which are available at Purchase page. Do not hesitate to drop a mail before making the purcase.

Future improvements

Currently available version of Folder Watchdog Service 2 has some features of its predecessor not yet implemented, such as monitoring for absence of an event, some filters, SQL logging and a couple of other. These features had not been greatly appreciated by existent users and were scheduled to be implemented in the nearest future. If you want to use Folder Watchdog Service 2 instead of older release and/or you do need any of the above mentioned features please let the author know to have the schedule updated.