Check for number of times a file has been accessed

[nathan323]

I want to write a batch file that checks if a particular file has been accessed a certain number of times, then deletes it if it has.

Is this attribute even stored by Windows?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I don't believe it's stored, no.

You can get the last time it was accessed, though.

 

[noidea_77]

At least common file systems, like NTFS don't store that. It might be possibel, to get the information with a WebDAV proxy or something like it, but even then: how do you separate the users from the indexing service, virus scanner, defagmenter and so on?

 

[nathan323]

Ok thanks.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

What are you trying to do? There may be another way that's easier.