Many a times it becomes hectic to find what files got changed every day either from your web server or even your file system on hard disk.  The only way to do it is using time stamp but its not only tedious but also time consuming especially when the change is very dynamic.

Here are couple of software / tips which you can use to make this job easy for you and it works on Windows 7 also.

Copy Changed Files

Copy Changed file is pretty neat software for Windows operating system which can help you in finding the changed file every day. This application works like a charm but there are couple of drawback which I would discuss at the end.  Let’s get to know it first.

This software allows you to

• Select Source folder
• Select Destination folder where you would like to take the back of the changed files every day.
• Select Date according to which you want to compare.

Copy Changed Files

The major advantage of this software is it maintains the directory structure. This makes it easy for you when you have a bigger hierarchy of folders and files.

Major disadvantage of this software is it’s not automated and the option for you to select a date is what will make user not to use it, May be. Download Here

Last Changed Files:

This application can find all last changed files which include modification or editing like activities. You can select a folder or include a list of folder that has to be monitored and then run it. It is similar to sorting files in a folder according to last modified date but it also brings in the power of multiple directories.

Last file changed

Last Changed file application tracks all list of directories with help of configuration file. By default there are couple of temporary and user folder already included which I would suggest you to change.

To change this, you need to click on Edit button of the application and then remove all junk paths which are not useful to you. Download Here

Recently Changed File Search in Windows 7

Alternative to above is available with Windows 7 and Vista. It comes with a default search folder named as Recently Changed Files. You can just click on this and find out what all the files had changed recently. This is almost like real time search.

It should be available under Favorites in Windows Explorer.

Recently changed files windows 7

In case you would like to change criteria of modification you can do that by clicking on the search box on top right and select any of the option like show in the image. You can also save this as a search folder, read here to find how to