MyEventViewer
The facts below are what the maker publishes about MyEventViewer, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From MyEventViewer's own pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Freeware | — | Portable utility · No installation required · Windows event log viewing and export |
| MyEventViewer | Free | Freeware; Windows utility |
The facts
Each one read from MyEventViewer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Architecture downloads
- The product page links to separate standard and x64 downloads.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Archive export
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Automation
- Command-line options support filtering, sorting, and saving event lists in formats including CSV, tab-delimited text, HTML, and XML.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Combined logs
- It displays multiple event logs together in one list, with event descriptions and data in the main window.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Export and copy
- Users can select multiple events and save them to HTML, text, or XML files, or copy them to the clipboard for pasting into Excel.checked 11 Oct 2026
- External files
- It can load event data from one or more .evt files using a command-line option.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Filtering
- Its advanced filters include time ranges, event types, event IDs, and user names.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License and support
- The utility is freeware with redistribution allowed under stated conditions; the maker invites bug reports and feedback by email and provides the address [email protected].checked 11 Oct 2026
- Live log tailing
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Log pipelines
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Portable use
- The utility requires no installation or additional DLL files; the maker says to start it by running MyEventViewer.exe.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy claim
- NirSoft says its utilities do not collect personal information from a user's computer or send information to anyone.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- MyEventViewer is an alternative to the standard Windows Event Viewer for viewing event logs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Recommended alternative
- The maker recommends FullEventLogView for Windows 10 and 11, and also recommends it on Windows 8, 7, and Vista to see event logs added starting with Vista.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Remote computers
- It can view events on another computer on the network, provided the user has full administrator access to that computer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Warranty
- The maker provides the software as-is without express or implied warranties and disclaims liability for specified damages.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2001checked 19 Oct 2026
- Maker
- NirSoft says it is a one-person website developed and maintained by Nir Sofer, and that the site began in 2001.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Windows compatibility
- The maker lists Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7/2008, and Windows 8, and warns of possible errors, crashes, and other problems on Windows 10 and 11.checked 11 Oct 2026
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