6 Ways to Open Event Viewer in Windows 10

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated January 06, 2025

With the help of Event Viewer (see the following picture), you can view application/security/setup/system/other events that have occurred on your computer so that you are able to analyze and solve application errors, system errors, etc. Hence, this article introduces six methods to open this app on Windows 10 computer for your reference.

Way 1: Open Event Viewer by search.

Type event in the search box on taskbar and choose View event logs in the result.

Way 2: Turn on Event Viewer via Run.

Press Windows+R to open the Run dialog, enter eventvwr (or eventvwr.msc) and hit OK.

Way 3: Open Event Viewer via Command Prompt.

Open Command Prompt, type eventvwr and press Enter.

Way 4: Turn Event Viewer on via Windows PowerShell.

Open Windows PowerShell through searching, type eventvwr.msc and tap Enter.

Way 5: Open Event Viewer in Control Panel.

Access Control Panel, enter event in the top-right search box and click View event logs in the result.

Way 6: Open it in This PC.

Open This PC, type event viewer in the search box on the top-right corner, and then double-click Event Viewer in the list.

Tips: How to Create Shortcut for Event Viewer

If you need to use the Event Viewer frequently, you can add a Event Viewer shortcut on Windows 10 desktop. It is easy to do that.

Step 1: Right-click any blank area on the desktop, tap New in the context menu and choose Shortcut in the sub-menu.

Step 2: In the Create Shortcut window, enter %windir%\system32\eventvwr.msc in the empty box and hit Next.

Step 3: Type Event Viewer in the name box and click Finish to create this shortcut. After that, you can quickly open Event Viewer by double-clicking this shortcut.

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