The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched

Question

I am getting the following exception. I have given full control to Asp.net account on Eventlogs in Registry edit.

[SecurityException: The source was not

Answer 1

Had the same exception. In my case, I had to run Command Prompt with Administrator Rights.

From the Start Menu, right click on Command Prompt, select "Run as administrator".