I don't know if anyone has mentioned this program or not, or if this was what the
person was looking for.. I stumbled across this tonight..
http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/freeware/notify/
"Runs hidden in the background until it detects any kind of change in a directory it
has been told to monitor. When a change occurs (e.g. create, delete, modify a file) it
visually alerts the user. Can be used, for example, to detect incoming information
over a network or to detect tampering of files. Uses very little memory and
practically no CPU time."
Shayla