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What options exist for working with Windows Event Logs?

What APIs and endpoints are available for working with Windows Event Logs?

What APS's are new/different in Windows Vista and newer?

Solution

  • LogParser: Has a COM API as well as a command line application. Recommended. Also reads many other types of logs.

    WMI: Can be made to read event logs. Doesn't perform well.

    Windows API: If you are programming in C this is the way to go.

    C#: Managed APIs exist also.

    See the microsoft Windows Event Log API here:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa385785(v=vs.85).aspx