The task category text is missing in event viewer in Vista+
I bet you see the text because you can't see your category string for your event that defined inside EXE file. Calm down. I know how to resolve the issue. There are a few steps to go:
1. Run regedit, open your event source at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\SRC_NAME
2. Right click it and select Permissions.
3. Give READ access to Everyone. This will allow system to determine where the strings are located exactly. Without this action you won't see messages for events if running your program in Vista+
4. Start the Windows Explorer up and locate your EXE
5. Again, right click it, then Properties->Security and allow Everyone to READ the exe. This allows event subsystem to read category definitions to be added into Event Viewer
So, you need only 2 additional permissions to see both message text and task category name for the event:
- READ permission for Event Source in the Registry
- READ permission for your executable containing task category definitions
1. Run regedit, open your event source at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\SRC_NAME
2. Right click it and select Permissions.
3. Give READ access to Everyone. This will allow system to determine where the strings are located exactly. Without this action you won't see messages for events if running your program in Vista+
4. Start the Windows Explorer up and locate your EXE
5. Again, right click it, then Properties->Security and allow Everyone to READ the exe. This allows event subsystem to read category definitions to be added into Event Viewer
So, you need only 2 additional permissions to see both message text and task category name for the event:
- READ permission for Event Source in the Registry
- READ permission for your executable containing task category definitions
