How can I check who last opened a file?
January 8, 2000
A. The only way I know of would be to enable auditing on the file and then examine the Security Event log for access.
In order to do this you will need the following:
Enable auditing for files and folders via User Manager (Policies - Audit - Audit These Events - File and Object Access). In Windows 2000 use the Group Policy editor and edit the local policy or another GPO (Computer Configuration - Windows Settings - Security Settings - Local Policies - Audit Policy)
Start Explorer
Right click on the files/folders select Properties
Select the Security tab
Click the Advanced button
Select the Audit tab
Click Add
Select 'Everyone'
Click OK
Select the actions to audit such as 'List folder/read data'
Click OK
Click OK to all dialogs
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