How to create Windows EventLog source from command line?

Question

I\'m creating an ASP.NET application that will log some stuff to Windows EventLog. To do this an event source has to be created first. This requires administrative priviledg

Answer 1

you can create your own custom event by using diagnostics.Event log class. Open a windows application and on a button click do the following code.

System.Diagnostics.EventLog.CreateEventSource("ApplicationName", "MyNewLog");

"MyNewLog" means the name you want to give to your log in event viewer.

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