While SoftDetective is running, you will be able to see any changes a program makes to your files, folders, and registry settings. SoftDetective is a great option when you suspect a particular piece of software is doing something it shouldn't. SoftDetective will permit you to examine the program's activity, giving you the details of what it is doing to your machine.

SoftDetective will be helpful when you want to monitor program installations, so you can see exactly which files they are installing and the type of changes they potentially make to the registry settings. You can also use SoftDetective to see changes made during the removal process of a program. Having that information available will confirm if the uninstall procedure removed all its files properly or if any remnants were left behind.

With SoftDetective, you can:

See the files and folders that are created, modified, renamed, or deleted by a specific program. See the differences in their sizes, the time stamps, the file names, and even the portions of the text files that were modified

See the changes the program you have selected to monitor has made to Windows Registry: which registry keys it's added, deleted, or updated, and see exactly what has changed

You can select to launch the programs to monitor them from the beginning or observe the already running processes. You can also monitor the uninstall activity of the previously installed applications

If a program being monitored deletes a file, SoftDetective saves the original copy in a temporary folder, letting you examine that copy or restore it back if needed

If a program being monitored modifies a text file, SoftDetective saves the original copy in a temporary folder, letting you examine both the original and the updated versions and even use a third-party diff viewer to analyze the changes in detail

In addition to seeing the activity reports on the computer screen, you can also export them into text or HTML files and print them out

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