Location of Event logs in Windows

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I have found that Windows logs every event such as system login/out, USB connection's history, etc. This all can be viewed in Event viewer.

But my question is Where on the filesystem are the event log files located on Windows 7?

Damon

Posted 2014-12-02T07:19:53.107

Reputation: 263

Do you mean "where on the filesystem are the event log files located"? – BenjiWiebe – 2014-12-27T04:56:54.920

yes, thats exactly what it meant. – Damon – 2014-12-27T05:17:06.840

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These files are located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs with the extension .evtx

climenole

Posted 2014-12-02T07:19:53.107

Reputation: 3 180

Something unusual most probably relating to the W10 upgrade from Win8.1 ~Apr 2016 placed all the evtx log files in C:\Logs with the same date stamp. No such problem with the ones in C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs! – Laurie Stearn – 2019-10-04T10:15:40.743