FolderWatch v1.1.1

FolderWatch v1.1.1

• Adds a distinct FolderWatch application icon embedded in the Windows executable, window and taskbar.
• Fixes cancelled CSV exports overwriting an existing report. Export replaces the destination only after successful completion; cancelled temporary output is removed.
• No changes to snapshot file compatibility or existing workflows.

Windows 10/11 x64. The portable release is self-contained; no separate .NET runtime or WebView2 installation is required.

FolderWatch v1.1.0

FolderWatch v1.1.0

• Read failures, locks, files changing during capture and skipped reparse points are recorded as Inaccessible with a reason. A partial directory scan never makes its unknown contents look deleted.
• Partial snapshots retain successfully captured files and show captured/skipped entry counts. An incomplete baseline also prevents unsupported Added claims.
• Optional include/exclude glob rules and Development/Temporary presets. The default remains no exclusions. Names match at any depth; relative paths match from the root; *, ? and ** are supported.
• Schema v2 saves rules and diagnostics. Schema v1 snapshots from v1.0.0 remain readable and comparable with their original unfiltered scope.
• Comparison automatically uses the saved snapshot rules, explains scope changes and includes all five status counts, total entries and duration.
• CSV follows the current status filter and includes relative path, sizes, UTC modified timestamps and diagnostic reasons.
• Sequential streaming hashes and throttled progress run off the UI thread. Cancel scan preserves existing results and never saves a cancelled snapshot. Links are not followed.
• Dedicated automated tests and mandatory test/build/portable-publish CI checks.
• Self-contained Windows x64 ZIP, consistent 1.1.0 executable metadata and SHA-256 sidecar. No separate .NET runtime or WebView2 is needed.

Rules are session-only; no new settings file is written. Saved snapshots keep their rules. None / Reset clears the rules for new snapshots.

Limits: inaccessible counts describe diagnostic entries, including directories; they cannot count unknown files inside an unreadable directory. Capture is not a filesystem-wide atomic transaction. Per-file sharing restrictions and before/after checks reject detected changes; retry partial scans when files are available.

Requirements: Windows 10/11 x64.

FolderWatch v1.0.0

FolderWatch v1.0.0

Snapshot local folders and compare file changes using SHA-256 hashes.

Features

• Save JSON snapshots of relative paths, file sizes, modification times and hashes.
• Filter added, removed, modified and unchanged files.
• Review statistics and export filtered results to CSV.

Windows compatibility and installation

Windows 10 / 11, x64. The portable build is self-contained; no separate .NET runtime is required.

Unzip the archive and run FolderWatch.exe.

Download the portable ZIP.

SHA-256

This release has no separate checksum file. The SHA-256 below was verified against the existing ZIP and the GitHub asset digest.

51fc35cd5f10671a953854939401dac7b0c3a9ae1ed5a54dae39b3388058848f  FolderWatch-v1.0.0-win-x64.zip

Privacy and limitations

Processing happens locally, without telemetry or file uploads.

Compare against a saved baseline; this is a snapshot comparison utility.

Links and license

Product page · Support · Source · MIT license

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