How to get List of all Providers in Event Viewer using C#?

Question

I would like to get all the provider names of Event Viewer using C#. Please see below the sample provider

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
  <Provider Name="Microsoft-Team Foundation Server" Guid="{80761876-6844-47D5-8106-F8ED2AA8687B}" />!`<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
  <Provider Name="Microsoft-Team Foundation Server" Guid="{80761876-6844-47D5-8106-F8ED2AA8687B}" />

How can I get these providers list?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '15 at 20:39

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Use the EventLogSession.GetProviderNames method like this:

EventLogSession session = new EventLogSession();

var providers = session.GetProviderNames().ToList();

answered Dec 10 '15 at 20:39

Yacoub Massad

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How to get List of all Providers in Event Viewer using C#?

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