How to Install Fussel on Windows 10

Fussel is a tool for tracing file system operations on Windows. In this tutorial, we will go through how to install Fussel on a Windows 10 machine.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed:

• Git
• Visual Studio Community (with C++ development tools and Windows SDK)

Steps

1. Open the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) as Administrator.
2. Clone the Fussel repository:

git clone https://github.com/cbenning/fussel.git

3. Navigate to the Fussel directory:

cd fussel

4. Build Fussel using Visual Studio Command Prompt:

msbuild fussel.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64

5. After successful build, you will find the Fussel binaries in the dist folder.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Fussel on your Windows 10 machine!

Usage

To start using Fussel, run the following command in the Command Prompt:

fussel.exe

By default, Fussel starts tracing file system operations on all mounted volumes. You can specify which volumes to trace by passing a volume name or a drive letter as a command-line argument. For example, the following command will only trace file system operations on the C: drive:

fussel.exe C:

To stop the file system tracing, press Ctrl + C in the Command Prompt.

Conclusion

Now that you have successfully installed Fussel on your Windows 10 machine, you can start using it to trace file system operations. Fussel is a powerful tool that can help you debug file system related issues on Windows.

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