FileSystemWatcher generates duplicate events - How to workaround

posted by  kevyn (54)  15 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

I had to use the FileSystemWatcher class these days and I found out that it raises multiple duplicate events. If you are not familiar with FileSystemWatcher class, this class allows you to watch a particular folder and receive notifications/events every time there is change happening in that folder. You can subcribe to all sorts of events: file created, file changed, file renamed, file accessed, directory created, directory renamed, directory accessed, etc.

The problem is that multiple duplicate events are being raised. For instance, if I copy a file over an existing file, instead of