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Help find ini / inf file

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:55 am
by doctorized
I want to find the ini or inf file that an app is using to change some settings. A search in app's folder and windows' folder didn't help. Is there a program that can help me find the file or even a method, a trick that could help me?

Re: Help find ini / inf file

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:13 pm
by spikey
Filemon or Regmon from the SysInternals suite log file/registry accesses as they occur for running processes. They log ALL running processes so you will need to learn to use the filters to eliminate the background noise...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi ... 45021.aspx

Re: Help find ini / inf file

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:35 pm
by doctorized
spikey wrote:Filemon or Regmon from the SysInternals suite log file/registry accesses as they occur for running processes. They log ALL running processes so you will need to learn to use the filters to eliminate the background noise...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi ... 45021.aspx
I downloaded SysInternals but there is no Filemon or Regmon.

Re: Help find ini / inf file

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:49 pm
by spikey
Sorry its been updated since I last downloaded it. Use Process Monitor. It does both jobs now.

Re: Help find ini / inf file

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:07 am
by yoxola
A tip:

Launch it in JauntePE

http://jauntepe.sourceforge.net/

It'll execute your app in a sandbox, so you can get what it's done to your system.
Please try the settings yourself, you may need a few minutes to learn how to use it.

Re: Help find ini / inf file

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:48 pm
by doctorized
InstallWatch Pro helped find what I needed. Thanx a lot for your answers!