There's a possibility to hook folder modification operations(copy, delete, rename and so forth), but unfortunately I need hook those operations applied to files. Any thoughts?
Environment:
Delphi XE2, Windows XP/7/2008
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What's the underlying goal? Do you need this at filesystem level, or shell level? – David Heffernan Jan 04 '12 at 12:28
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Undelying goal is pretty trivial. What I need is just intercept copy, delete, rename, move of specific type of files. – Nick Krasnov Jan 04 '12 at 15:20
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And the other question that I asked? – David Heffernan Jan 04 '12 at 15:25
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Sorry for that. By means of OS shell (Win. Explorer in this case). – Nick Krasnov Jan 04 '12 at 15:32
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1Demos contain copyhook demo, look at it. – OnTheFly Jan 04 '12 at 16:22
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This concept is a very nice thing but unfortunately it works only for folders. I don't know what stopped Microsoft to apply the same concept to files. – Nick Krasnov Jan 04 '12 at 20:36
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I know two options
1) You can hook the WinAPi functions like CopyFile and CopyFileEx creating a system wide hook, wrtting the hook yourself or using a API hook library like madCodeHook or Deviare API hook (I've used both libraries with great results.)
2) Writting a File System Filter Driver.
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WinAPI can also be hooked with Microsoft's Detours library, which comes with an example of such hooks – Roman L Feb 08 '12 at 18:17