Ever wonder how many .LOG files are lurking on your Windows PC?

6/26/2023 | vanity

[entropy12]

those 6 lines got combined by FR editor.
They look like below:

Get-EventLog -LogName * -PipelineVariable log

timeout /t 10

wevtutil el | Foreach-Object {Write-Host “Clearing $_”; wevtutil cl “$_”}

timeout /t 01

Get-EventLog -LogName * -PipelineVariable log

timeout /t 10

[Impala64ssa]

Bkmk

[wjcsux]

Later.

[philman_36]

Would a batch file with a simple - del *.log - work as well
in the appropriate directory/folder?

[TomServo]

Ever wonder how many .LOG files are lurking on your Windows PC?

No. I delete them all the time.

[catnipman]

the biggest win by far is to disable automatic CBS logging via the registry ... I’ve seen this fill up system drives and prevent booting ... AND CBS logging is utterly useless ...

[Pontiac]

Later

[plain talk]

Thanks. I’ll look into it.

[sauropod]

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[Carriage Hill]

Does this apply to Win-7 Pro x64?

[BobL]

Most of us with IT Certifications know EXACTLY what these files are used for.

(unfortunately, I don’t have any IT certifications)

[Carriage Hill]

With Windows Explorer, I found 241 *.LOG files; largest is 3,790kb, but most were under 10kb.

[entropy12]

I don’t see why not.

[entropy12]

I have been using MD-DOS since 1986, and Windows since 1995, NOT ONCE I had any use out of this LOG files. I was manager of a huge engineering group using many different types of work stations. Not even once I had any use out of these Log files. My PC usually has 10-15k of them at any one time.

[entropy12]

I have been working with PC’s since 1986. Can’t remember even once I learned anything useful looking at Log files.

[Carriage Hill]

Should I make a copy of the folder, before just deleting them manually?

[entropy12]

No because there are like 5000 folders and sub-folders inside Windows main folder and you do not always have permissions to delete them. The program I posted acts as administrator temporarily and can delete any log file out there.

[entropy12]

There are so many sub-folders inside Windows main folder, it will take better part of whole day to find all those sub-folders.

[entropy12]

I have used this program dozens of times on various different PC’s and never had to backup anything before running this.