Management and control method and device for electronic files in Windows operating system

The invention discloses a management and control method and device for electronic files in the Windows operating system. The method comprises following steps: monitoring an application programming interface of a target process and obtaining file information of an electronic file opened by the target process; recording a file path contained in the file information; when the opened electronic file is displayed through a window by the target process, obtaining a window name of the window; determining whether or not the window name is consistent with the file path, if the window name is consistent with the file path, then recording a file name contained in the file information; managing and controlling the opened electronic file based on the file name, the file path and a preset electronic file management and control strategy. According to the method, through obtaining a file path and a file name of an electronic file opened by a process, the management and control of the electronic file are carried out based on