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To register a <span class="systemitem">Windows</span>
<span class="application">event log</span> library with the operating system,
issue this command:
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<strong class="userinput"><code>regsvr32 <em class="replaceable"><code>pgsql_library_directory</code></em>/pgevent.dll</code></strong>
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This creates registry entries used by the event viewer, under the default
event source named <code class="literal">PostgreSQL</code>.
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To specify a different event source name (see
<a class="xref" href="runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-EVENT-SOURCE">event_source</a>), use the <code class="literal">/n</code>
and <code class="literal">/i</code> options:
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<strong class="userinput"><code>regsvr32 /n /i:<em class="replaceable"><code>event_source_name</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>pgsql_library_directory</code></em>/pgevent.dll</code></strong>
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To unregister the <span class="application">event log</span> library from
the operating system, issue this command:
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<strong class="userinput"><code>regsvr32 /u [/i:<em class="replaceable"><code>event_source_name</code></em>] <em class="replaceable"><code>pgsql_library_directory</code></em>/pgevent.dll</code></strong>
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</p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
To enable event logging in the database server, modify
<a class="xref" href="runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-LOG-DESTINATION">log_destination</a> to include
<code class="literal">eventlog</code> in <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>.
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