Skip to main content

Track file history (open,edit,delete) in Windows Event Viewer

When working on computer, files and folders are very important for you works. So that, we always want to know it history. When/Who have files/folders opened or edited or deleted??? Now we will show you how to do that by using Event Viewer.
Track file history (open,edit,delete) in Windows Event Viewer

  1. Config "Local Group Policy": 
    • Click Start > Run, input "gpedit.msc" and hit enter.
    • In Local Group Policy, browse to "Computer Congfiguration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Audit Policy". Then open "Audit object access".
    • In "Audit object access" properties dialog, check all at Audit these attempts options: "Success" and "Failure". Click OK.
  2. Config "File/Folder Property":
    • Right click on your file/folder and choose Properties. Browse to "Security > Advanced > Auditing > Edit".
    • In opened dialog, click  Add and choose user account to follow. Click OK.
    • Now, check on what actions you want to record history. Example: Delete, Delete subfolders and files...
    • Click OK to save your settings.
  3. Using Windows Event Viewer to view when/who were your files/folders modified:
    • Click "Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Event Viewers"
    • In Event Viewer windows, browse to "Windows logs > Security". Read events with "File system" category to see what were occur with your files/folders.
That's all. Wish succeed!
Video guide here:



Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Insert Google Search box into blog/website

Normally, every  blog/website has a search function which supports everyone to easily browse the site contents. But it maybe not really useful and effective. Then Google Custom Search is a brilliant choice for you. How to get it?

Access Facebook.com with Google DNS and hosts file

Facebook is now the most popular social network. You have many friends and many informations which need to be check on it. But a day, you can't access Facebook or can't post an image. You can resolve this problem by simple steps:

Integrate blogspot blogger blog with Dot TK free domain

Blogspot or Blogger is a blog service from Google. This service provides us many functions to make a small website as creating a blog, posting, commenting, . . . But there is a thing which might cause you dissatisfy. That's the blog address is too long, like http://www.your-tips-tricks.blogspot.com . If you own a short Dot TK domain , then your problems will be solved.