Help with Watcher

Turion986 Ok... I found another script example and rewrote it again for you... I had some issues with files being renamed repeatedly and added renamed to the filename to exclude that...

#https://dotnet-helpers.com/powershell/how-to-monitor-a-folder-changes-using-powershell/
### SET FOLDER TO WATCH + FILES TO WATCH + SUBFOLDERS YES/NO
$filewatcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher

#Mention the folder to monitor
$filewatcher.Path = "C:\Test"
$filewatcher.Filter = "*.msg"
$log = "C:\Test\FileWatcher_log.txt"

#include subdirectories $true/$false
$filewatcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $true
$filewatcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true  

### DEFINE ACTIONS AFTER AN EVENT IS DETECTED
$writeaction = { 
    $path = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath
    $changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType
    if (-not ($path -match 'renamed')) {
        $now = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMddHHmm"
        $filename = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($path)
        $extension = [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($path)
        $newname = "${now}_renamed_${filename}${extension}"
        Rename-Item -Path $path -NewName $newname
        $logline = "$(Get-Date), $changeType, $path, $newname"
        Add-content $log -value $logline
    }
}   
 
### DECIDE WHICH EVENTS SHOULD BE WATCHED 
#The Register-ObjectEvent cmdlet subscribes to events that are generated by .NET objects on the local computer or on a remote computer.
#When the subscribed event is raised, it is added to the event queue in your session. To get events in the event queue, use the Get-Event cmdlet.
Register-ObjectEvent $filewatcher "Created" -Action $writeaction
Register-ObjectEvent $filewatcher "Changed" -Action $writeaction
Register-ObjectEvent $filewatcher "Renamed" -Action $writeaction

while ($true) { 
    Write-Host ("Monitoring folder {0}" -f $filewatcher.Path)
    Start-Sleep 5 
}

Logfile:

09/22/2023 21:00:45, Renamed, C:\Test\test1.msg, 202309222100_renamed_test1.msg
09/22/2023 21:00:45, Renamed, C:\Test\test1.msg, 202309222100_renamed_test1.msg
09/22/2023 21:01:00, Renamed, C:\Test\test2.msg, 202309222101_renamed_test2.msg
09/22/2023 21:01:00, Renamed, C:\Test\test2.msg, 202309222101_renamed_test2.msg
09/22/2023 21:01:20, Renamed, C:\Test\Testfolder\test3.msg, 202309222101_renamed_test3.msg
09/22/2023 21:01:20, Renamed, C:\Test\Testfolder\test3.msg, 202309222101_renamed_test3.msg
09/22/2023 21:01:41, Renamed, C:\Test\Testfolder\Testsubfolder\test5.msg, 202309222101_renamed_test5.msg
09/22/2023 21:01:41, Renamed, C:\Test\Testfolder\Testsubfolder\test5.msg, 202309222101_renamed_test5.msg

09/22/2023 21:03:08, Created, C:\Test\test6.msg, 202309222103_renamed_test6.msg
09/22/2023 21:03:08, Created, C:\Test\test6.msg, 202309222103_renamed_test6.msg
09/22/2023 21:03:08, Created, C:\Test\test6.msg, 202309222103_renamed_test6.msg

Logging is doubled, tripled per file... I'm not sure why that is happening... Is this something you can work with?