Cannot Run Event Viewer

[blueelvis 0]

Hi,

I am trying to run the Event Viewer application using AutoIT since I need to get a copy of the Administrative Logs in the EVTX format, I am trying to launch the Event Viewer and then trying to simulate the keyboard actions but nothing is happening.

Here is my code -

Run("eventvwr.msc")
WinWaitActive("Event Viewer")
Send("!A")
 

 

The event viewer does not start at all. Furthermore, I noticed one thing that on the Taskbar, there is an AutoIT script icon which when right clicked, has a tickmark to "Script Paused".

Any idea what I might be doing wrong here?

 

 

Thanks!

-Pranav

[water 2,288]

With Run you have to specify "The full path of the program (EXE, BAT, COM, or PIF) to run".
Use ShellExecute if you just want to pass the program name.