How to View Event Log in Windows 10

"View Events" is one of the many standard Windows tools providing the ability to view all events occurring in the operating system environment. There are including all sorts of malfunctions, errors, malfunctions and messages associated both directly from the OS and its components and third-party applications. On how in the tenth version of Windows, open the log of events in order to further use it for studying and eliminating possible problems, it will be discussed in our current article.

View events in Windows 10

There are several options for opening an event log on a computer with Windows 10, but in general they all go down to the manual start of the executable file or its independent search in the operating system environment. We will tell you more about each of them.

Method 1: "Control Panel"

As it is clear from the title, the "panel" is intended to manage the operating system and the components, as well as the quick call and setting up standard tools and means. It is not surprising that with the help of this section of the OS, can be caused by the event log.

Method 2: "Run" window

And without the simple and fast in its execution, the option to start the "viewing of events", which we have described above, if desired, you can slightly cut and speed up.

1. Call the "Run" window by pressing the "Win + R" keyboard.



2. Enter the command "eventvwr.msc" without quotes and click "Enter" or "OK".



3. Event log will be open immediately.

Method 3: System Search

The function of the search, which in the tenth version of Windows works is particularly good, can also be used to call various system components, and not only them. So, to solve our today's task, you must do the following:

1. Click the search icon on the taskbar with the left mouse button or use the Win + S keys.



2. Start entering a query "View event" request and when you see the appropriate application in the list of results, click on it to launch.



3. This will open the Windows event log.

Creating a shortcut for quick launch

If you plan often or at least from time to time to "view events", we recommend creating its label on the desktop - this will help noticeably speed up the launch of the required OS component.

1. Repeat steps 1-2 described in "Method 1" of this article.



2. Having found in the list of standard applications "View Events", click on it right mouse button (PCM). In the context menu, select Alternate items "Send" - "Desktop (Create a Label)".



3. Immediately after performing these simple actions, a shortcut called "View events" appears on the Windows 10 desktop, which can be used to open the corresponding operating system partition.



Conclusion

From this small article you have learned about how on a computer with Windows 10, you can see the log of events. You can make it using one of the three ways we have considered, but if this section OS has to contact quite often, we recommend creating a shortcut on the desktop to quickly launch. We hope this material was useful for you.