I find a clipboard tool (of course I use my own, CHS) an excellent emergency backup for such occasions.  All I have to do is Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C and I've got a copy of the text in its current version saved in case of a crash.

I'm sure I'm not the only person who uses a clipboard tool for such purposes.

@kalos: Did you try Text Editor Anywhere as suggested by @rjbull ?
That seemed like it might offer the most comprehensive recovery options overall.
The in-browser text editing recovery tools (Firefox and Chrome) otherwise all seem to be a bit iffy, in my experience.

I'm going to trial Text Editor Anywhere, anyway. Thanks @rjbull ! 

from I saw about that program, I don't think it's something suitable
I want a program that will sit in tray and just monitor and save in an dated archive all the text I type

I did try Text Editor Anywhere, but, though it's quite useful, it's not as easy/simple to use as CHS

It does a different job, really.  The advantage over CHS is that you don't need to remember to copy text box contents to the clipboard each time; it saves them automatically.

it imposes a complexity and system overhead that I could probably do without.

I'm surprised - you major in complex systems 

Here's an existing thread on exactly the same topic, with some other suggestions:
pls recommend a good benign keylogger
What a pity nobody remembered to search for such a thing before.

You could start here on dc:

If recreation of past tests is your goal in this request...why not use a macro recorder.

Not sure if it would work for your purpose, I don't think it was designed to record a whole (working) day...but you might try any macro recorder similar to: PushThatFreakin'Button. That macro recorder covers all text, but also mouse movements and clicks.

If recording a whole (working) day in one go doesn't work, you can try if it works for an hour and store the results in a folder with the current date as its name.

Storing files in a "dated" folder should be relatively easy to automatize...with a tool like: PushTheFreakin'Button.   

Use same thread and ask 'any updates, any new ideas'

Copied text can be captured with plenty of things.

I like using Notepad2 with the /b command line switch to turn it into an automatic pasteboard. Keep in mind that it will not autosave the file. You have to do that manually.

Check the command line switch section in the readme file for more stuff it can do.

Thanks, but I am looking to capture typed text (and copied text now that I am thinking of it)

I download the Free Keylogger but it was blocked as malware
Is there a tested solution?

Keyloggers are, by their very nature, considered malware.

Most people don't want keyloggers on their system. And they also want to be notified if a keylogger is running on their system so they can get rid of it.

Quote from: kalos on November 12, 2017, 08:29 PM

but it was blocked as malware

Add it to the AV exclude list

It's the Microsoft AV, I don't think it allows me to do that!

It does. I've done it before. If you open it there should be place for exclusions in one of the tabs.  What version of windows are we talking?

I downloaded it the Free Keylogger from here:
http://www.iwantsoft.com/download.htm

Windows Defender identified it as Trojan:Win32:Tiggre!Plock and quarantined it.
Do I trust it?

So in the 6 months since you last downloaded it, you haven't worked out how to add it to the AV exclude list?

There are several online virus scanners.

https://www.virustotal.com/#/home/url


enter the url of the download.  That should do it.  I think.