Why are FileSystemWatcher Attribute changes detected on Windows 7 but not Windows 8?

Question

I have some code that uses FileSystemWatcher to monitor file changes outside of my application.

On Windows 7, using .NET 4, the below code would detect when a file

Answer 1

I had the same problem. This class seems to work on my windows 8 computer:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/23743268/637142

Reason why I use that class is because it behaves the same on windows 7 and windows 8.