Program Usage 2

[pbanacos]

Hello,

I'm having trouble finding an accurate way of scripting how frequently an application is used on a WinXP, Vista system. Add or Remove programs always displays false information. Is there a log that would be more useful for this?

Thanks for any help!

Paul

 

[elmurado]

I don't know if there is a one size fits all here-the reason, afaik that windows gets it wrong, is because different apps have different things that change when you access them-ie not just the main exe etc etc. Could be reg keys-perhaps there are keys or files that you could monitor for MAC times?
I can't think of other things that would tell you the same info.

 

[dm4ever]

Are you looking for a specific application?

You may consider using WMI (Win32_Process class) looking for an InstanceCreationEvent and write this information out to a file, registry, db, or any other thing you want.

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