Windows security log file location

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The video did not play properly. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, see How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. Click the subkey that represents the event log that you want to move, for example, click Application. Type the complete path to the new location including the log file name in the Value data box, and then click OK.

For example, if you want to move the application log Appevent. Click Start , point to Settings , and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools , and then double-click Event Viewer. For more information about how to view and manage logs in Event Viewer, see the following article:.

To do so, click the Action menu in Event Viewer, and then click Help. Skip to main content. If you want to change this, clear the Not configured check box, and type in the new size in KB, or use the up and down arrows to select a size.

The file will not grow beyond this size; when the limit is reached, old log entries are deleted to make room for the newly created ones. To create a log entry when Windows Defender Firewall drops an incoming network packet, change Log dropped packets to Yes. To create a log entry when Windows Defender Firewall allows an inbound connection, change Log successful connections to Yes. If logs are slow to appear in Sentinel, you can turn down the log file size.

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Andre for Directly Independent Advisor. Double-click on Operational. In the details pane, view the list of individual events to find your event. Click the event to see specific details about an event in the lower pane, under the General and Details tabs.

In reply to Andre for Directly's post on October 9, Thank you, Andre and Pedro But I was hoping there was a simpler way to access those events without going into that long chain from event viewer. If not , some way to pin that to taskbar Thanks.