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Event Log Explorer Changelog

What's new in Event Log Explorer 5.5 (5.5.0.5011)

Feb 16, 2024
  • Added an option "Treat value as" for the custom columns. Custom columns are now typed (Text, Integer, Float, Date).
  • Added an option to make the filter case sensitive.
  • Added an option not to save the workspace when quit.
  • Added "Go to date" command.
  • New analytical report (Custom Column 1 advanced stats).
  • New task template (New external device detected).
  • Improved a task template (Audit printer usage).
  • Fixed a bug with removing a task from the tree.
  • Minor bugs fixed.
  • [Forensic and Enterprise editions]
  • Added an option to calculate custom columns using a "formula" (script).
  • [Scripts]
  • Added a global object SGlobals to store data
  • Added new functions

New in Event Log Explorer 5.4 (5.4.0.4511) (Sep 27, 2023)

  • Added backward search option.
  • New analytical report Types and Categories.
  • New task templates.
  • Minor UI improvements.
  • Fixed bug with incorrect description rendering for some rare events.
  • Description box didn't refresh content after sorting - fixed.
  • Fixed bug with incorrect time format for some locales.
  • Minor bugs fixed.
  • [Enterprise edition]
  • SMTP protocol works only over TLS 1.2 (support of 1.0 and 1.1 stopped for security reasons).
  • Event Log Explorer viewer could block events table and cause events to be lost from Elodea collector - fixed.
  • [Forensic and Enterprise editions]
  • Maximum number of custom columns increased up to 30.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.3.0.4481 (Dec 14, 2022)

  • Added custom column helper that simplifies custom column creations.
  • Added support of legacy (v. 4.x) custom columns in format Levelsublevel.
  • New command line option to set filter added (/SETFILTER).
  • Some UI improvements.
  • Fixed several bugs.
  • [Forensic edition]
  • You can refresh Imaged computer in the tree - no need to remove/add a new imaged computer anymore.
  • [Forensic and Enterprise editions]
  • Added option to set the maximum custom columns number.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.2.1.4431 (Sep 14, 2022)

  • Added import computers from Active Directory (via LDAP).
  • Time correction now works with DST.
  • Added system time zones for time correction.
  • Improved browse for computers.
  • Multiple delete from the tree.
  • Filter by custom fields didn't work in some cases - fixed.
  • File didn't work correctly in some cases - fixed.
  • Fixed and improved import of computers list.
  • Fixed several minor bugs.
  • [Enterprise edition]
  • Minor DB improvements in Elodea settings.
  • [Scripts]
  • Added new functions.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.1.5.4395 (Jul 21, 2022)

  • Returned filter by description parameters.
  • Added a new function in scripting.
  • Objects tree now displays events number in subfolders.
  • Fixed several minor bugs.
  • [Enterprise edition]:
  • Fixed Unquoted Service Path vulnerability for Elodea service

New in Event Log Explorer 5.1.3.4375 (Jun 21, 2022)

  • [Forensic Edition]:
  • Added working with imaged disks.
  • Added forensic opening.
  • Added searching for removed events feature.
  • Added deep scan feature.
  • Added snapshot features.
  • Added scripting.
  • [Enterprise edition]:
  • Added scripting.
  • [All editions]:
  • Optimized filtering and sorting.
  • UX improvements.
  • Fixed bugs.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.1.2.4362 Beta (May 25, 2022)

  • Added more scripting functions.
  • Improved snapshotting
  • Fixed minor bugs.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.1.0.4312 Beta (Apr 12, 2022)

  • Forensic edition released

New in Event Log Explorer 5.0.9.4391 (Mar 3, 2022)

  • Filter by custom fileds - In list/not in list operators added.
  • Improved Add computers wizard
  • Removed EventID.net knowledgebase support since it doesn't work anymore.
  • Fixed incorrect event description rendering for some events.
  • Fixed several minor bugs.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.0.8.4371 (Dec 29, 2021)

  • Copy cell contents to clipboard added (in the log drop-down menu).
  • Improved filtering by description content.
  • Fixed incorrect event description rendering for some events.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.0.7.4351 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • Color coding by event description added.
  • Event description could be highlighted depending on search, filter or color-coding conditions.
  • Improved compatibility with Windows 11.
  • New task template added.
  • Fixed several bugs.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.0.6.4331 (Sep 10, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug linked with event rendering description from remote servers.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.0.4.4321 (Jul 16, 2021)

  • New entity — Task. You can form a task as a set of different event logs, files (or XML query) with your own presets — filter, display options etc.
  • Predefined task templates to perform standard administrative tasks.
  • Temporary log storage is now always on the disk.
  • Search and filter by custom columns.
  • Custom columns are now based on XML values.
  • Full UNICODE support.
  • Application windows now can be scaled (manually or automatically depending on DPI).
  • Database tables (logs) are in the tree.
  • Query Builder added to the XML query filter.
  • Added fine-tune settings to get events from the database.
  • A lot of minor improvements and options.
  • Logs in the tree are now displayed in standard hierarchy.
  • Improved performance and memory consumption.
  • Redesigned time correction option.
  • Improved diplaying on High DPI monitors.
  • Bugs fixed.
  • ! Support of Pre-Vista OS is discontinued (evt files are supported anyway).

New in Event Log Explorer 5.0.3.429 Beta (May 7, 2021)

  • Query Builder added to the XML query filter.
  • New task templates.
  • Added fine-tune settings to get events from the database.
  • Redesigned time correction option
  • Improved diplaying on High DPI monitors.
  • Greatly improved memory consumption.
  • Fixed bugs found in the previous beta.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.0.2.4237 Beta (Feb 9, 2021)

  • New entity – Task. You can form a task as a set of different event logs, files (or XML query) with your own presets – filter, display options etc.
  • Predefined task templates to perform standard administrative tasks.
  • Temporary log storage is now always on the disk.
  • Search and filter by custom columns.
  • Custom columns are now based on XML values.
  • Full UNICODE support.
  • Application windows now can be scaled (manually or automatically depending on DPI).
  • Database tables (logs) are in the tree.
  • A lot of minor improvements and options.
  • Logs in the tree are now displayed in standard hierarchy.
  • Improved performance and memory consumption.
  • Bugs fixed.
  • ! Support of Pre-Vista OS is discontinued (evt files are supported anyway)

New in Event Log Explorer 4.9.2.3141 (May 3, 2020)

  • Added merged log view properties dialog - it lets you remove a log from a merger.
  • Added description param filter by regular expression.
  • Some minor improvements.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.9.0.3125 / 5.0.1.4018 Beta (Nov 13, 2019)

  • Added Statistics panel option for log view.
  • Added support of new event type (level: verbose).
  • Added option to display time in UTC for new log windows.
  • Added options to display date and time in different formats.
  • Changed default storage to disk (you can switch it back to memory in Preferences).
  • Improved Eldbx utility.
  • Fixed several bugs.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.8.4.3091 (Sep 3, 2019)

  • New batch backup utility ElbackX
  • Fixed several minor bugs

New in Event Log Explorer 4.8.3.3085 (Aug 12, 2019)

  • Event Log Readers group now can access remote Security logs (no admin rights required).
  • Event logs are now sorted in the tree and some lists.
  • The program could fail to authenticate user names in legacy (domainuser) format. Fixed.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.8.2.3065 (May 29, 2019)

  • Added a new filed (usertag) in DB export.
  • Fixed a vulnerability which may lead to XML injection attack.
  • Color coding by type bug fixed.
  • Fixed a minor bug with some event descriptions.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.8.0.3045 (Apr 4, 2019)

  • Integration with Elodea (COM server).
  • Clear log command now clears SQL table when requried.
  • Improved Elback utility.
  • Improved Eldbx utility.
  • Fixed a minor bugs in event filter.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.7.1.3015 (Dec 28, 2018)

  • Export to database added.
  • Reading logs from a database added.
  • Utility for unattended event log export added.
  • Improved some informational dialogs.
  • A lot of minor bugs fixed.

New in Event Log Explorer 5.0.1.4018 Beta (Dec 14, 2017)

  • New entity — Task. You can form a task as a set of different event logs (or XML query) with your own presets — filter, display options etc.
  • New variables in custom columns for merged log views (or tasks) — {_LOGNAME} — name of log {_HOSTNAME} — name of computer.
  • Credential manager improvements — you can setup default credentials for all non-listed in the credential manager computers.
  • Full UNICODE support.
  • Sorting by custom columns added (for memory storage).
  • High DPI-awareness added. Works smoothly on any DPI and in multiDPI (multimonitor) environment.
  • The program displays number of selected, bookmarked, displayed and loaded events in the infobar of log view.
  • Event Log Explorer now prevents adding the same log in the merger several times.
  • Option to refresh all views at one time added.
  • Option to merge selected logs into one view added.
  • Event Log Properties dialog improved for modern event logs.
  • Manual UI scaling instead of user fonts.
  • Scheduled export improved — will not show progress popup interfering with other apps.
  • Multiple event log clearing didn't work correctly. Fixed.
  • Opening All logs in a merger view from different computers may crash .
  • Fixed compatibility issue with Windows PE.
  • Lots of minor bugs fixed.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.6.1.2115 (Sep 13, 2017)

  • Merge into a new view command added (available in computer tree popup menu).
  • Refresh all event views command added
  • Quick filter by custom columns (works with Memory data storage only)
  • New analytical report on a custom column
  • Fixed minor bugs and some typos

New in Event Log Explorer 4.5.4.2079 (Nov 18, 2016)

  • New smartcopy to clipboard option
  • Showing number of selected events in status bar
  • Some event descriptions displayed incorrectly in Windows 10/2016. Fixed.
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Event Log Explorer 4.5.2.2051 (Aug 10, 2015)

  • XPath queries (New API).
  • Show time in UTC.
  • Improved time correction options (1 minute resolution).
  • Improved color coding (added color code by type and source).
  • Improved credential management.
  • Minor fixes and improvements.
  • Some event descriptions displayed incorrectly (NewAPI). Fixed.
  • Fixed memory leak in event alerter.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.4.1.2007 (Jun 9, 2015)

  • Export custom columns.
  • Print custom columns (Up to 2 custom columns, horizontal layout).
  • Custom columns sorting (for in-memory storage only).
  • Smart event(s) copy (Excel compatible).
  • Rename computer in the tree.
  • Option to store event alerter.
  • Improved scheduled export.
  • You can pre-filter events in log loading options by source.
  • Multiple and exceptional filters in log loading options (using comma and exclamation mark).
  • No select API dialog by default - it will use New API when possible.
  • Fixed bug with layout of Filter/Search dialog.
  • Fixed serious memory leak bug (New API).
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.3.4.1081 (Jul 9, 2014)

  • Added alerts by event type.
  • NewAPI: Event description could be missing for some events. Fixed.
  • NewAPI: Event category could be miscalculated for some events. Fixed.
  • Filter window improvements.
  • Added new analytical reports.
  • Added import tree options (when you import from a text file).
  • Minor fixes and improvements.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.3.0.1032 Beta (Feb 7, 2014)

  • Added Custom columns - you can extract information from description and display it in event list.
  • Option to show Record number.
  • Tooltips on tabs to display helpful information.
  • Minor fixes and improvements.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.2.0.1005 Beta (Oct 3, 2013)

  • Filtering by description params (for security logs).
  • Alerter may compare events by source (not only by source+event id).
  • Lots of UI bugs fixed.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.1.1.989 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • Displaying number of events in the tree (for New API only).
  • Drag and drop in the tree.
  • Event Alerter handles Event Description. (Use [Description] field).
  • Search for event in Google added.
  • Open All Logs In Merger View now works with subfolders.
  • Multiple log file open.
  • Lots of minor bugs fixed.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.1.0.951 Beta (Oct 3, 2012)

  • Direct access to evtx files. You can now open evtx files even from Windows XP!
  • Event descriptions from Windows 2008+ servers were inaccessible sometimes - fixed.

New in Event Log Explorer 4.0.2.901 (May 19, 2012)

  • Event Alerter.
  • Option to display only new events after refresh.
  • Option to autofit columns after load.
  • Friendly view XML view of event (for new event api only).
  • Pivot charts in analytical reports.
  • Several UI improvement options.
  • Updated visual styles.
  • Improved export options.
  • Fixed some bugs.

New in Event Log Explorer 3.4.2.865 Beta 2 (Nov 29, 2011)

  • Load filter popup on the main toolbar added.
  • Improved credentials manager behavior.

New in Event Log Explorer 3.3.1.801 (Jul 23, 2010)

  • Task Scheduler
  • Taskbar tabs in Windows 7/2008 R2
  • Column configuration
  • Improved Data Execution Protection (DEP) compatibility
  • Improved export to XLSX
  • Memory consumption optimized
  • Fixed problem with incorrect margins on printed documents
  • Memory leaks fixed
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Event Log Explorer 3.3.0.793 Beta (Jun 4, 2010)

  • Task Scheduler
  • Taskbar tabs in Windows 7
  • Column configuration
  • Improved export to XLSX
  • Memory consumption optimized
  • Fixed problem with incorrect margins on printed documents
  • Memory leaks fixed
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Event Log Explorer 3.2.0.683 Beta (Sep 26, 2009)

  • Significantly optimized memory consumption
  • Option to store temporary data on disk instead of memory
  • User interface improvements
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Event Log Explorer 3.1.1.579 Beta (Apr 3, 2009)

  • Added event log and event log file merging (incomplete in this beta)
  • Added default prefilter by Event ID (see Log Window Defaults)
  • Added default description server option
  • Added default color coding (see Log Window Defaults->Appearance)
  • Date-time in Event Properties displayed incorrectly - fixed
  • Date-time exported incorrectly during raw export - fixed
  • Fixed bug with long data truncation
  • Some long regular expressions in filter work incorrectly - fixed
  • Fixed Windows 2000 compatibility issue

New in Event Log Explorer 3.0.2.545 (May 17, 2008)

  • Totaly rewritten event log caching - it's database compatible now
  • Improved compatibility with Windows Vista x64
  • You can specify a server where Event Log Explorer will look for descriptions
  • Visual styles support (MS Office-like, Whidbey)
  • Filtering is up to 10 times faster than in version 2.x
  • User interface improvements
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Event Log Explorer 3.0 Beta 3 (Apr 29, 2008)

  • Improved compatibility with Windows Vista x64
  • User interface improvements
  • Minor bugs fixed

New in Event Log Explorer 2.2 Build 2.2.5.427 (Nov 24, 2007)

  • Fixed a bug which could extremely slow down event log loading process.

New in Event Log Explorer 2.2.3.411 (Aug 10, 2007)

  • Free license doesn't expire anymore.
  • Save displayed or selected events to EVT file added.
  • Bookmarking by criteria added.
  • Export and print binary data.
  • Support of 3GB address space (/3GB switch in boot.ini).
  • Event description dialog added.
  • Added languages (Russian, Polish).
  • Localizing module added.
  • Imporved filter/search by user and computer.
  • Memory consumption optimized.
  • Some internal improvements.
  • Fixed compatibility issue with data execution protection on Vista.
  • Minor bugs fixed.

New in Event Log Explorer 2.1 Beta (Jan 4, 2007)

  • Batch backup utility and backup integration option added.
  • Added Event ID color coding options.
  • Minor bugs fixed.