Remotely clear and/or save a Windows event log

Sometimes it is handy to be able to clear or save the event log of a remote system. This can be used to gather the event logs for a bunch of servers to one central location or could just be used to remotely clear out the event log on a system.

The utility elsave.exe is able to do exactly this. It provides a very simple command line tool which can be used in automated scripts to save the event log on a remote system or clear the event log on a remote system.

The tool can be downloaded here:

ELSave remote event log utiltity

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