$fld = "C:\Logs\Folder1" $fld2 = "C:\Logs\Folder2" $fil = '*.*' $fsw = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher $fld, $fil -Property @{includeSubDirectories= $true;notifyFilter = [IO.notifyFilters] 'filename,lastwrite,lastaccess,directoryname'} $fsw2 = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher $fld2, $fil -Property @{includeSubDirectories= $true;notifyFilter = [IO.notifyFilters] 'filename,lastwrite,lastaccess,directoryname'} #monitor folder 1 for object created Register-ObjectEvent $fsw created -SourceIdentifier filecreated -Action { $name = $event.sourceEventArgs.name $changeType = $event.sourceEventArgs.ChangeType $timeStamp = $event.timeGenerated Write-Host "$name was $changeType at $timeStamp" -ForegroundColor Red } Register-ObjectEvent $fsw renamed -SourceIdentifier filecRenamed -Action { $name = $event.sourceEventArgs.name $changeType = $event.sourceEventArgs.ChangeType $timeStamp = $event.timeGenerated Write-Host "$name was $changeType at $timeStamp" -ForegroundColor yellow } #monitor folder 2 for object created Register-ObjectEvent $fsw2 created -SourceIdentifier filecreated2 -Action { $name2 = $event.sourceEventArgs.name $changeType2 = $event.sourceEventArgs.ChangeType $timeStamp2 = $event.timeGenerated Write-Host "$name2 was $changeType2 at $timeStamp2" -ForegroundColor Red } pause #stops monitoring folders Unregister-Event filecreated Unregister-Event filecreated2 Unregister-Event filerename