Retrieve file path changes into a CSV

Hey everyone,

I'm looking to do a large scale change in file structure but need a way to track changes in file paths.
Ideally I'd need to be able to produce a machine readable list with the 'before' and 'after' file path names that can be used as input to a python script.

I've seen software that can monitor changes in file location but only gives the current file path.
Does anyone have any ideas/know any programmes/scripts that might be able to produce this?

Thanks!

Edited by Chris Cosgrove, 18 May 2022 - 05:40 PM.
Moved from Win 11 to Programming.

You could do this with Process Monitor (sysinternals.com).  

When you start ProcMon, press Ctrl-E so that it stops capturing events. On the right end of the toolbar, turn off Registry activity, network activity, and process and thread activity. Basically, you only want to monitor file system changes.

Click the filter button (looks like a funnel), and set a filter for Operation Is SetRenameInformationFile.

Click the trash can button to clear the list of events, and then Ctrl-E again to start capturing.

When you're done, stop capturing again. From the file menu, you can export the list of events to a few different file formats, including CSV.

You could do this with Process Monitor (sysinternals.com).  

 

When you start ProcMon, press Ctrl-E so that it stops capturing events. On the right end of the toolbar, turn off Registry activity, network activity, and process and thread activity. Basically, you only want to monitor file system changes.

 

Click the filter button (looks like a funnel), and set a filter for Operation Is SetRenameInformationFile.

 

Click the trash can button to clear the list of events, and then Ctrl-E again to start capturing.

 

When you're done, stop capturing again. From the file menu, you can export the list of events to a few different file formats, including CSV.

Thank you this worked perfectly!