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I want to trigger a piece of code to run as soon as a 'copy' command is executed on Windows. Let's say I want to perform some operations as soon as the user tries to copy a file. Is there any way to detect the 'copy' operation on Windows?






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  • Copying is not an atomic operation that can be identified and monitored at the file-system level. It's simply reading the file data and some or all metadata.
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  • Yes, this is possible. That's what anti-malware software does. What is your question?
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I want to trigger a piece of code to run as soon as a 'copy' command is executed on Windows. Let's say I want to perform some operations as soon as the user tries to copy a file. Is there any way to detect the 'copy' operation on Windows?






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  • Copying is not an atomic operation that can be identified and monitored at the file-system level. It's simply reading the file data and some or all metadata.
    – eryksun
    2 days ago










  • Yes, this is possible. That's what anti-malware software does. What is your question?
    – IInspectable
    2 days ago













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I want to trigger a piece of code to run as soon as a 'copy' command is executed on Windows. Let's say I want to perform some operations as soon as the user tries to copy a file. Is there any way to detect the 'copy' operation on Windows?






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  • Copying is not an atomic operation that can be identified and monitored at the file-system level. It's simply reading the file data and some or all metadata.
    – eryksun
    2 days ago










  • Yes, this is possible. That's what anti-malware software does. What is your question?
    – IInspectable
    2 days ago


















  • Copying is not an atomic operation that can be identified and monitored at the file-system level. It's simply reading the file data and some or all metadata.
    – eryksun
    2 days ago










  • Yes, this is possible. That's what anti-malware software does. What is your question?
    – IInspectable
    2 days ago
















Copying is not an atomic operation that can be identified and monitored at the file-system level. It's simply reading the file data and some or all metadata.
– eryksun
2 days ago




Copying is not an atomic operation that can be identified and monitored at the file-system level. It's simply reading the file data and some or all metadata.
– eryksun
2 days ago












Yes, this is possible. That's what anti-malware software does. What is your question?
– IInspectable
2 days ago




Yes, this is possible. That's what anti-malware software does. What is your question?
– IInspectable
2 days ago












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You may monitor the clipboard (see Creating a Clipboard Format Listener) and check if there is an object with format CF_HDROP in it. But it will not tell you when the clipboard paste operation actually started.



This also will not cover copying which does not involve clipboard, like direct file_read/file_write loop in a File Manager application. For this you may monitor changes in the file system (see How can I monitor a Windows directory for changes?) but it will not tell you where was the file copied from, just where was it pasted to.






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    You may monitor the clipboard (see Creating a Clipboard Format Listener) and check if there is an object with format CF_HDROP in it. But it will not tell you when the clipboard paste operation actually started.



    This also will not cover copying which does not involve clipboard, like direct file_read/file_write loop in a File Manager application. For this you may monitor changes in the file system (see How can I monitor a Windows directory for changes?) but it will not tell you where was the file copied from, just where was it pasted to.






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      You may monitor the clipboard (see Creating a Clipboard Format Listener) and check if there is an object with format CF_HDROP in it. But it will not tell you when the clipboard paste operation actually started.



      This also will not cover copying which does not involve clipboard, like direct file_read/file_write loop in a File Manager application. For this you may monitor changes in the file system (see How can I monitor a Windows directory for changes?) but it will not tell you where was the file copied from, just where was it pasted to.






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        You may monitor the clipboard (see Creating a Clipboard Format Listener) and check if there is an object with format CF_HDROP in it. But it will not tell you when the clipboard paste operation actually started.



        This also will not cover copying which does not involve clipboard, like direct file_read/file_write loop in a File Manager application. For this you may monitor changes in the file system (see How can I monitor a Windows directory for changes?) but it will not tell you where was the file copied from, just where was it pasted to.






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        This also will not cover copying which does not involve clipboard, like direct file_read/file_write loop in a File Manager application. For this you may monitor changes in the file system (see How can I monitor a Windows directory for changes?) but it will not tell you where was the file copied from, just where was it pasted to.







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