View system logs in PowerShell

Get-WinEvent reads classic and ETW logs and works in PowerShell 7 on Windows; the older Get-EventLog cmdlet was removed from PowerShell 6+.

Shell: PowerShell · Category: system · Risk level: safe

What you provide

• log — Log name, e.g. System or Application

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