Quick Start Guide | Windows

Installation

🎥 Here’s a quick video guide on Tracer installation

  1. Download winiotracer.zip from here and extract it.

  2. Then, find IOTracesCORE.exe, then open it.

  3. Installation complete!

unzipped file

⚠️ IMPORTANT: It's possible that your system flagged our tool as suspicious software. Bypass it by choosing "keep anyway" option whenever possible. This is because the app is not signed with a developer certificate.

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Here is your prolific submission code, "CKXDRTBX"

Basic Usage

Program starts running

Once started, you’ll be prompted to several options.

Options Description
Anonymous if you want to hide some potentially sensitive data.
Enable Automatic Upload if you want the trace to automatically upload to our infrastructure.
Start on startup if you want the program to automatically run every boot

If you're comfortable with your choice, hit the run button.

Program Running

The program is currently active running in the background. You can check its status by right clicking tray icon.

Tray Status

The status displays the Computer ID, Active Session, and File Events Collected.

Status

⚠️ IMPORTANT: The active session counter only begins when I/O-intensive activity occurs. If the device remains idle, no session time is recorded.

Exiting the program

Click the Exit option from the tray icon. A dialog will appear asking you to wait while the program performs cleanup. When the dialog closes, the program has shut down cleanly.

Check the output

If you close the program properly, results will be saved inside the output path you have set!

Output Folder

⚠️ Important:
We recommend exiting the program before shutting down to ensure all data is saved correctly.