Applications Usage Monitor logs the usage and the time of use of the applications in your system into a file.

You may also monitor the usage of system memory: Physical RAM, Pagefile, Virtual memory, and memory load.

It can also monitor clipboard text, files and directories status in selected folders.

Applications Usage Monitor can be set to run unattended:  running silently in the background without display of taskbar icon and splash and closing itself automatically after a specified period of hours.

Since version 4, all features and options are independent and optional, this makes Applications Usage Monitor even more flexible to monitor only what one needs.

Applications Usage Monitor is free.

1. Monitor the usage and record the time of use of all applications,
2. Monitor the usage of system memory,
3. Monitor files and directories status in selected folders,
4. Monitor active window,
5. Monitor active control and capture its text on it,
6. Monitor text on the clipboard,
7. All monitoring features can be toggled on and off on-the-fly,
8. Length of monitor time can be pre-specified,
9. Automatically create new log file daily,
10. Polling time can be adjusted,
11. Disallow the run of some applications,
12. Exclude some applications from monitoring,
13. Create hidden logfile,
14. Run in Silent Mode.

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Version 4.0.1.1 ( May 10, 2008 )

• Added: Log buttons (CheckBox and RadioButton) status - checked or not checked.
• Added: Log selected item(s) name in ListView control.
• Added: Log selected item name in ListBox control.
• Added: Log also the total number of lines in a multi-line Edit control.
• Fixed: Clash when folder to be monitored doesn't exist any more.
• Changed: Captured text in Edit control will be double quoted instead of bracketed.
• Changed: Empty double quotes ("") indicates no text captured instead of "[BLANK]".

Version 4.0.1.0 ( April 25, 2008 )

• Added: Monitor active control and capture its text.
• Added: Monitor text on the clipboard.
• Changed: Some key accelerators in the Options menu.

Version 4.0.0.2 ( April 8 2008 )

• Extended: Extend the maximum hour of monitor period from 72 to 168 (7 days).
• Added: Monitor permanently or until system reboot. (Thanks to Marc van Eck)
• Added: Option "New log daily"
• Added: Log also the time when no window is active.

Version 4.0.0.1 ( January 4 2008 )

• Added: All monitoring features can be toggled on-the-fly from the taskbar menu.
• Added: Time and Date will be logged when system shutdown or logoff.
• Added: 'audible alert' when 'folder status' have been changed.

Version 4 ( December 22 2007 )

• Changed: 'Monitor applications' is now an independent and optional function.
• Added: Option to show taskbar icon.
• Added: Option to pause the monitor.
• Added: Option to monitor files and directories status in chosen folders.

Version 3 ( December 18 2007 )

• Added: Log the name of 'Current logged user'.
• Added: Option 'Hidden Log File'.
• Added: Options to monitor the usage of memory: Physical RAM, Pagefile, Virtual mem, and Memory Load.

Version 2 ( December 1 2007 )

• Increase the numbers of applications to prohibit and to exclude to 20 for each.
• Extend the period from 48 to 72 hours.
• Will not show in the list when user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL.

Version 1 ( November 21 2007 )

initial release

All Windows.

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