eventlog.exists not working for setup event log ?

Question

Hi all i am exporting event log using ExportLogAndMessages() method but before im checking that event log is exist or not using EventLog.Exists(LogName) methods it is working fine for Application Security logs but when i am checking for Setup it is returing false value while checking but Setup log is available in machine. why is is retuning false? any other method to check events available on machine or not? TIA below is my code if (EventLog.Exists(LogName)) { EventLogSession logsession = new EventLogSession(); logsession.ExportLogAndMessages(LogName PathType.LogName * subfolderpath false CultureInfo.CurrentCulture); }

Nilesh Shah · Answer

are there valid permissions to the user who is running that application? as MSDN doc. suggests: Because this method accesses the registry you must have the appropriate registry permissions on the local computer; otherwise the query returns false . that means if the user does not have permission then the method will return false even if the log exists. I suggest you run the application with run as administrator option if it is a console app or windows app or try giving user some rights or login as admin then run what it returns