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Enable-PSTrace

Module:
PSDiagnostics Module

Enables the Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell event provider logs.

Syntax

Default (Default) 

Enable-PSTrace
    [-Force]
    [-AnalyticOnly]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

This cmdlet is only available on the Windows platform.

This cmdlet enables the Operational and Analytic event logs of the Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell event provider.

You must run this cmdlet from an elevated PowerShell session.

Examples

Example 1: Enable the Analytic event log for PowerShell

The following example enables only the Analytic event log of the Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell provider.

Enable-PSTrace -AnalyticOnly

Parameters

-AnalyticOnly

When this parameter is used, the cmdlet enables the Analytic event log of the Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell provider. The Operational event log is not changed.

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-Force

Used to force the change without prompting.

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

None

You can't pipe objects to this cmdlet.

Outputs

None

This cmdlet returns no output.

Notes

This cmdlet uses the Get-LogProperties and Set-LogProperties cmdlets.

You must run this cmdlet from an elevated PowerShell session.