Preferences dialog window allows you to change default Event Log Explorer parameters.
Top open Preferences dialog, select File->Preferences from the main menu.
Changes you made in this dialog are stored into the user's registry, so they are global for different workspaces.

General

User interface defines which user interface will be used.
In Multiple document interface (MDI) all event log views will reside under the main window.
In Tabbed document interface (TDI) all event log views will be contained within the main window, but only one of them is visible at the time.

Click items as follows defines the controls behavior on single or double click.

Minimize to notification area hides When Event Log Explorer from Windows task bar and displays Event Log Explorer icon in the system tray when the program is minimized.

Font and Size define the default font and its size for main Event Log Explorer window and event log views.

Visual Style defines Event Log Explorer visual style.

Log View Defaults

This settings will be applied to new log views, created with Event Log Explorer. They will not affect existing log views.

Event age allows you to pre-filter event log by events age.
Event types allows you to pre-filter event log by event type.

We highly recommend you to pre-filter events by age and/or by type - this will force to load logs partially, reduce memory consumption and increase the performance.

Enable auto-refresh force Event Log Explorer to reread event logs every Default auto-refresh interval.

Default sort order defines a default criteria (column) the event list will be sorted by. Enable Descending if you want to sort the event list in descending order. We recommend you to set Newest first sorting criteria - this will increase event log loading process.

Appearance

Window width and Window height define event log view window size. These options are effective only for MDI interface.
Open maximized - the new log view window will be maximized in the parent window. This option is effective only for MDI interface.
Display description box - if checked, when you open a new event log window, the description box will appear in the bottom part of the window.
Description box height - defines the height of the description box (in percentage of the log view height).
Description in line - if checked, event list will be displayed with description column. Muiti-line descriptions will be converted into single-line once. Very long descriptions could be truncated in this column.
Display grid lines - if checked, event list will be displayed with grid lines.

Workspace

On program start
Open last used workspace - if checked Event Log Explorer will start with last used workspace.
Open empty workspace - if checked Event Log Explorer will create UNTITLED workspace at start.

On new workspace defines the program behavior when creating a new workspace.
Add local computer to the tree - if checked, your computer will be automatically added as a first computer in the computers tree.
Run Add Computers Wizard - if checked, Event Log Explorer will start Add Computers Wizard to fill in the tree.

Restore from workspace file defines which kind of data should be restored from the workspace file.

Confirmations

Confirmations define when Event Log Explorer will display warning messages.

When closing event log window - if checked, the program will not warn you when you close event log window.
When closing all event log windows - if checked, the program will not warn you when you use File / Close All command.
When quitting the program - if checked, the program will not warn you when you quit it.
When closing the workspace (auto save workspace) - if checked, the program will always save changed workspace when you close it.

Log Files

Default mode to open .EVT file defines access mode to .evt files when you try to open .evt file.

Standard - Standard Win API access to .evt file. This option is default on Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 operating systems.

Direct - Direct access to .evt file. This option is default on Windows Vista.

Associate Event Log Explorer with .EVT files. Enable this option if you want Event Log Explorer to open .EVT files when you click on them in Windows Explorer.
Associate Event Log Explorer with .EVTX files. Enable this option if you want Event Log Explorer to open .EVTX files when you click on them in Windows Explorer.
Automatically add log files to tree. If checked, Event Log Explorer will add event log files you open to the tree.

Put log files to group defines group name to which event log files will be added.

Print

These options define the default print layout.

Report title - defines report header.
Page footer - defines text messages that will be displayed in the left, center and right part at the bottom of each report page.
Striped report - if checked, the report will be displayed or printed with horizontal stripes - this will highly increase report readability.
Restore defaults - resets report layout defaults.

Reporting variables:

[LogName] - name of the event log.
[CompName] - name of the computer.
[Page#] - Report page number.
[TotalPages] - Number of pages in the report.
[Program] - Name of this program (Event Log Explorer).
[Date] - Date of print.
[Time] - Time of print.
[IsFiltered] - Will display "Filtered" if the log view is filtered.
[IsFiltered2] - Will display "Filtered: xx of xxxx event(s)" if the log view is filtered.

Updates

Automatically poll for updates - Hide Folders XP will be checking for updates automatically every (Polling interval) days.
Last poll - the date of the last check for updates.
Do not display warning message before connecting the Internet - if unchecked Event Log Explorer will display a dialog box notifying you about connecting the Internet.

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