FileAudit Documentation
FileAudit Documentation
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FileAudit Installation

The FileAudit installation package (FileAudit_Setup.exe) is available here.

The English and French language versions are identical and are compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.

Requirements

FileAudit supports the following operating systems for Audit service installation (as for Console installation):

  • Windows 11
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows 8.1


The .Net Framework 4 is required for installation.

Installation of FileAudit on the system to be audited is not mandatory. Any machine meeting the system requirements can be used as a remote host for FileAudit, and the system to be remotely audited requires no further installations.

FileAudit will store all detected events in a database. FileAudit supports the following database systems:

  • Microsoft Access database file (mdb), from FileAudit 6.6 supported only if you are using a 32 bits OS
  • Microsoft SQL Server Express 2008 and higher
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and higher
  • MySQL 5.6 and higher
  • SQLite

The FileAudit package also provides a free Microsoft Access database facility.

Installation

  1. To launch the FileAudit installation process, run FileAudit_Setup.exe using an administrator account.

  2. Launch the Installation process:

  3. In the subsequent window, click Next:

  4. Carefully read and accept the End User License Agreement, and click Next:

  5. In the subsequent window, enter your customer references and click Next:

  6. The installation folder can be changed if required:

  7. In ‘Setup Type’, keep the ‘Complete’ box checked and click Next:

  8. Click ‘Install’ to begin FileAudit installation:

  9. The Wizard will report when FileAudit has been successfully installed. Click ‘Finish’: