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[TwistedMike]

is there any programs out there that will tell you what files and what regestry files etc are add when a program is installed? ie i install spybot S&D the program tells me what files it installed and where same with registry files if there is a program out there like that or similar please tell me.thanks in advance for the answer.

[PepiMK]

The classic among those tools would probably be InCtrl5, but that's quite outdated - still useful for regular software. More powerful are SysInternals' RegMon and FileMon (or even ProcMon).

[TwistedMike]

ok ill give them a try