I am trying to use eventlogs in my application using C#, so I added the following code
if (!EventLog.SourceExists("SomeName")) EventLog.CreateEventSource("SomeName", "Application");
The EventLog.SourceExists causes SecurityException that says
"The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security."
I am running as administrator in Windows 7.
Any help would be appriciated.
This is a permissions problem - you should give the running user permission to read the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog
Alternaitvely you can bypas the CreateEventSource
removing the need to access this registry key.
Both solutions are explained in more detail in the following thread - How do I create an Event Log source under Vista?.
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