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A Faster Way Of Accessing The Windows Event Viewer (XP)

Posted by on May 5, 2006 | 9 Comments

In a previous tip I outlined the standard way of steps for accessing the Event Viewer console. You need to open the Administrative Tools applet within the Control Panel and then double click the Event Viewer.

If you frequently access the console you may want to create a shortcut to the Event Viewer on your desktop, making it a little more accessible. To do this, right click an empty area on your desktop, point to New, and click Shortcut. When the Create Shortcut Wizard appears, type in the following path:

c:\windows\system32\mmc.exe c:\windows\system32\eventvwr.msc

in the Type The Location Of The Item field. Click Next. Type in a name for the shortcut and click Finish.

Now when you need to launch Event Viewer, simply double click the icon on your desktop.

  • KK

    Event viewer is mispelled in your post.

  • billy

    I usually just press (Windows Key + R) then type eventvwr and press enter.

  • Chris

    Don’t you just hate people that have nothing better to do than to spend their time correcting other people’s spelling and grammar?
    Why don’t you people get a life?

  • daywalker

    @Chris
    “Don’t you just hate people that have nothing better to do than to spend their time”

    Some times it can be annoying, but in some cases it is useful like here for example. Due to wrong spelling, a topic might not appear among the (top) search results in a search engine although it could be very useful.

    Thanks for the tip Billy :)

  • czmi

    You may have a bat file also. Just open a txt file, write eventvwr and save it as anything.bat. There you go!

  • Sathish G G

    There is a error in the posting

    It is not c:\windows\system32\mmc.exe c:\windows\system32\evetvwr.msc

    It is c:\windows\system32\mmc.exe c:\windows\system32\eventvwr.msc

    ***eventvwr.msc***

  • Sathish G G

    All you have to do is

    Click Start >> Run >> type eventvwr and hit enter
    (or)
    Just press (Windows Key + R) then type eventvwr and hit enter.

    …Sathish G G

  • Otaluke

    This post was very useful.
    I have a folder with common maintenance shortcuts in it.
    Adding this shortcut makes it easily accessible as well as a reminder.

    Thanks!

  • BigD

    Chris, chill. KK was probably referring to the fact that the original post had an error in the spelling of the program in the shortcut (see above, others that caught the mistake). If you cut and paste this example, it fails.