How to Monitor a Folder or Drive in Windows 11/10/8/7

By ChesterUpdated on December 17, 2022

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“I am very curious about why my data has been changed very often on my computer, and I do not know if somebody did it on my computer or the computer itself, is there a way to monitor my folder and drive on my computer? I need it in a hurry, thanks.” Asked by Yan.

Why Do We Need to Monitor a Folder or Drive in Windows
With the situation of so many unauthorized users’ misuse to the computer and many programs working in the background performing their own tasks, sometimes it’s very hard to know what is being written, deleted or modified on your folders or drives. There always appears to be something making changes somewhere. Such as malware attacks, you might be aware of such as file downloading, video encoding, antivirus scans etc. Therefore, monitoring to your folders and drives is an important part of maintaining a secure data environment within your Windows PC.

There are many folder monitoring softwares on the internet for download, UkeySoft File Lock is one of the professional file encryption software that is commonly used, and I strong recommend UkeySoft File Lock because of easy and safety. UkeySoft File Lock is a professional file/folders encryption software, it gives you the ability to monitoring your folders, drives for any changes, it provides you with a list of selected files that have been modified, created or deleted during the time when the folder is being monitored in Windows 11/10/8/7.

There are many other features in UkeySoft File Lock
- Locking Files/Folders/Drives with Password Safely
- Hide Your Files/Folders/Drives, 100% safe
- Make Files/Folders/Drives Undeletable
- File Eraser & Disk Wiper

Guild: how to monitoring your folder

Step 1. Install and launch UkeySoft File Lock on your computer
Download and install UkeySoft File Lock. Then launch it and enter the initial password "123456" to start up. If you have purchased a license code to activate the program, you can set another password.

Step2. Select “Folder Monitor” on the left side under “Local Disk”, then click “Add” button on the right panel to add folders.

Step 3. Then a small window will pop up, you are going to select the folder you want to monitor here, click “Ok” to confirm.

Step 4. After your folder is selected, it will be showing on the list, and you can see the changes are made of the folder on the monitor log below, you can view the change by clicking the “refresh” button.

Conclusion

If there is any private folder or drive on your computer, and it’s necessary to keep an eye to see what changes are made to the folder, who made them and at what time. UkeySoft File Lock is absolutely the perfect professional monitoring tool for you to use, it monitors your folder and drive in a easy way, it keeps track of folder activities at anytime in Windows 11/10/8/7.