Windows Event Viewer

Windows Event Viewer may be used to examine various log files kept by Windows.

In some rare situations, events concerning BridgeComposer are logged.

Starting Event Viewer

Windows 10 and Later

Use the desktop taskbar Search feature and search for "event viewer".

Or, right-click the Start button and choose "Event Viewer".

Prior to Windows 10

Use Windows Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer.

Using Event Viewer

For BridgeComposer, events of interest can be found in the Windows "Application" log.

The Event Viewer window is divided vertically into three panes (left, center, and right).

The center pane is subdivided horizontally into a top sub-pane and a bottom sub-pane.

In the left pane, expand the "Windows Logs" folder.

Click on "Application". The Application log will appear in the center pane, top sub-pane. When you click a log entry line, details for that entry appear in the bottom sub-pane.

Event Viewer window showing Application Error entry

See Also

In BridgeComposer, use the "Help→Help Topics" menu command, "Index" tab; locate and double-click the topic "Windows Application Log". This topic lists the Application log events that BridgeComposer itself generates, primarily when using the "Tools→Import Score Data" command.


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