I need to find out all the file system and registry operations that intstaller of some application performs. Is there a software tool for this?
OS is windows xp, if that matters.
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I'm not sure about tracking file system changes, but you can export the Windows registry as text before and after the install, and then use a diff tool to see what's changed. There's an O'Reilly hack about that here.
You could conceivably do the same with a DIR/S at the root of your drive, although it would be pretty time consuming.
MattK
2009-05-21 15:21:15
what about registering dlls. it's not done through registry, is it?
Maleev
2009-05-21 15:23:05
Yes. Registering DLLs is by definition done through the registry.
John MacIntyre
2009-05-21 15:24:36
RegMon and FileMon have been superseded by Process Monitor (ProcMon)
0xA3
2009-05-21 15:29:40
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Why not use one of those "uninstall monitoring programs" ?
Total Uninstall is the first that comes to mind, although there is a bunch of them, really.
ldigas
2009-05-21 15:23:51