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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Chrome covertly scanning my Hard Dr... by Thoreandan on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @11:34AM (#34612984)
On Windows, the Resource Monitor will let you watch most filesystem activity, filtered by process.

Some types of I/O show up as being by the 'System' (pid 4) process as well.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Chrome covertly scanning my Hard Dr... by sebazzz on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @02:18PM (#34616022)
The best way is Sysinternals Procmon, as it literally lists every registry and file I/O call.
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