FileMon Alternatives

FileMon is described as 'An application that allows you monitor what files programs are accessing' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are three alternatives to FileMon for Windows, Mac and PortableApps.com. The best FileMon alternative is Process Monitor, which is free. Other great apps like FileMon are fseventer and PrcView.

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FileMon

Free • Proprietary

An application that allows you monitor what files programs are accessing.

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Process Monitor
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Free • Proprietary
Process Monitoring Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
56 Process Monitor alternatives
Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...
- - Process Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to FileMon.
- - Process Monitor is the most popular free alternative to FileMon.
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1. PortableProcess Monitor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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fseventer
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
8 fseventer alternatives
Graphically observe filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight. One example of use could be to determine what files are changed via software installation, preferences, etc...
- - fseventer is the most popular Mac alternative to FileMon.
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Monitor File Changes
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Website/app unavailable, website reads:Sorry folks...fernLightning.com is temporarily offline31 July 2015
PrcView
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
46 PrcView alternatives
PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed information about processes running under Windows. For each process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL it shows full path and version information.
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1. PortablePrcView can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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The official website is no longer available. Last version, 5.2.15.1, released on 2006, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

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Process Monitor

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fseventer

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PrcView

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