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watchex 1.0.4, published by francWhite, is a lightweight development utility designed to monitor and automatically refresh non-compiled files that belong to a .csproj project while the application is running. Targeting .NET developers who work with content that is not baked into the assembly—such as JSON settings, XML configuration, Razor views, localization resx files, static images, or markdown documentation—the tool eliminates the need to restart the debugger or manually trigger a rebuild each time one of these assets changes. After launching watchex from the repository root or any folder that contains the .csproj file, the program attaches file-system watchers to every matching pattern listed in the project, then silently waits for updates; when a change is detected it copies the modified item to the build output folder or to the running web-server content directory, depending on the project type, so the next browser refresh or API call immediately reflects the new state. Typical use cases include rapid UI iteration in ASP.NET Core, tuning game asset bundles, tweaking data-driven unit tests, and polishing help files shipped with desktop utilities. Because only the altered file is touched, compile-link cycles are skipped, cutting iterative debug time from minutes to seconds. The executable is self-contained, requires no installation, and respects the existing folder hierarchy, so source-control ignore rules remain intact. Although the current stable release is 1.0.4, two numbered versions have been published so far, indicating incremental refinements rather than major architectural shifts. watchex is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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