How to Find the Shutdown Log in Windows 10

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Andrew Wise

If you are need to know why your computer shut down and what happened exactly during the shut down, you will be happy to know that Windows is able to track the shut down process and write a number of events in the system log. Here is how to find the shutdown log.

Here is How to Find the Shutdown Log in Windows 10:

  • STEP 1: At first, press Win+R keys, type eventvwr.msc, and press the Enter key.
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  • STEP 2: Then, select Windows Logs -> System in Event Viewer.
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  • STEP 3: After that, click on the link Filter Current Log in the right pane.
  • STEP 4: At last, type the line 1074, 6006, 6008 into the text box under Includes/Excludes Event IDs in the next dialog, and click OK.
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  • Andrew Wise

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