Location of logs in Windows

log-filesloggingwindows-event-log

What is the difference between

C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles

and

C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs

?

Are there any other important system log locations?

Best Answer

%SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs => In here are the Event Viewer Files

Location of Event Viewer by doing Right Click on the Event category and then click on Properties

C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles => There are other kind of logs non OS related. enter image description here