Deleting only old System Logs

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Hi,

I got lots of Windows Error Logs on a machine.
I try to delete only Logs that are older than a month,
but I did not found any possibility to do that ....

Does anyone know a way to do that?
 

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Windows 7
Leave it alone it already removes old logs when new ones come in.
Simply adjust the maximum size.
 

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Hi,

I got lots of Windows Error Logs on a machine.
I try to delete only Logs that are older than a month,
but I did not found any possibility to do that ....

Does anyone know a way to do that?

Many of those logs are only of interest to a historian or a wood-chopper.

I'll tell you what I did once and contrary to what others thought and say, my computer did not crash and burn.

I selected the C drive in explorer, In the search box on the right end, I typed filename:*.log
After the explorer found all the logs then Ctrl + A to select all and Ctrl + D to delete.
 

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MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bitAMD A10-4600M6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28)AMD Radeon HD 7660G
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite S875D-S7239 laptop
OS
MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
CPU
AMD A10-4600M
Motherboard
AMD Pumori (Socket FT1)
Memory
6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28)
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 7660G
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
Screen Resolution
1600x900@60Hz
Hard Drives
SSD 119GB Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 ATA Device
Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
HP Wireless Optical Mobile Mouse Model FHA-3410
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What the local pub, local coffee shop offers.
Other Info
Optical Drive:MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B ATA Device


Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed.
Leave it alone it already removes old logs when new ones come in.
Simply adjust the maximum size.
Found about 1GB of logs using the Windows HD Clean UP tool
on a PC with about 2 MB left on C:....
so I don't want to wait for something.

I'll look if i find the max size.


Many of those logs are only of interest to a historian or a wood-chopper.

And some of them maybe help some dubugger ... who cares, but
it doesn't help me with the problem ;)
 

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Windows 7
I've never seen one run with only 2MB of free space left.

Perhaps there is a little more.

If your objective is to free up space, then :
CCleaner
CleanMgr.exe,
powercfg -h off which eliminates your hibernate file


Threre are other things you can do but some of them can turn around and bite you later. Some won't buy you that much space.

Do you have the hard disk divided into partitions? Iff yes, what's the size and nbr of free bytes for each of them?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bitAMD A10-4600M6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28)AMD Radeon HD 7660G
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite S875D-S7239 laptop
OS
MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
CPU
AMD A10-4600M
Motherboard
AMD Pumori (Socket FT1)
Memory
6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28)
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 7660G
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
Screen Resolution
1600x900@60Hz
Hard Drives
SSD 119GB Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 ATA Device
Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse
HP Wireless Optical Mobile Mouse Model FHA-3410
Internet Speed
What the local pub, local coffee shop offers.
Other Info
Optical Drive:MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B ATA Device


Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed.
I've never seen one run with only 2MB of free space left.

Perhaps there is a little more.
No, there is no more ...

If your objective is to free up space, then :
CCleaner
CleanMgr.exe,
powercfg -h off which eliminates your hibernate file
Threre are other things you can do but some of them can turn around and bite you later. Some won't buy you that much space.
Do you have the hard disk divided into partitions? Iff yes, what's the size and nbr of free bytes for each of them?
Oh, thats interesting,
but as mention I'm looking for the described feature,
and not hundred others.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7
OS
Windows 7
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