How can I monitor a Windows directory for changes?

Question

When a change is made within a directory on a Windows system, I need a program to be notified immediately of the change.

Is there some way of executing a program whe

Answer 1

This question helped me a lot to understand the File Watcher System. I implemented ReadDirectoryChangesW to monitor a directory and all its sub directories and get the information about change in those directories.

I have written a blog post on the same, and I would like to share it so it may help someone who land up here for the same problem.

Win32 File Watcher Api to monitor directory changes.