Policy

Control the location of the log file

Microsoft Windows

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Control the location of the log file
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Event Log Service > Setup
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting controls the location of the log file. The location of the file must be writable by the Event Log service and should only be accessible to administrators. If you enable this policy setting, the Event Log uses the path specified in this policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Event Log uses the folder %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\winevt\Logs.

Internal name
Channel_LogFilePath_3
Policy ID
829447e41b0e
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Log File Path
ID Channel_LogFilePath
text
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog\Setup
Value name
File
Type
REG_SZ
None
Log File Path
Computer · Type text
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog\Setup
Value name
File
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone