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EventLog problem

Hi,

when executing

EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog");

do I get an error :

"System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed."

How come ? How to solve it ?

thnks
Chris
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I think you have to be an administrator on the machine in order to create a
new Event Log. Or at least your application must be running in the context
of an administrator.

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Hi,

when executing

EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog");

do I get an error :

"System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not
allowed."

How come ? How to solve it ?

thnks
Chris
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