Configure Files preference logging and tracing

This policy setting allows you to configure the level of detail recorded by event logging for the Files preference extension, and to turn on tracing for the Files extension. Logging and tracing provide diagnostic information for troubleshooting.

If you enable this policy setting, you can configure event logging and turn on tracing for the Files extension for client computers.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, by default event logging for this extension includes only warnings and errors, and tracing for this extension is turned off.

Notes:

1. User Configuration tracing: To perform tracing for items in this preference extension listed under User Configuration, you must provide a path in the "User trace" box to the location where a user trace file can be created on the client computer, and you must turn on the "Tracing" option. If there are no preference items under User Configuration in this extension, no user trace file is created.

2. Computer Configuration tracing: This preference extension is available under User Configuration only, so computer configuration tracing is not applicable.

3. Group Policy Modeling query tracing: To perform tracing for items in this preference extension when you perform a Group Policy Modeling query, you must provide a path in the "Planning trace" box to the location where a planning trace file can be created on the computer where you run modeling, and you must turn on the "Tracing" option. If you are not performing Group Policy Modeling or there are no preference items in this extension, no planning trace file is created.

Event logging

0. Informational, Warnings and Errors
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
   Value Name	LogLevel
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	3

1. Warnings and Errors
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
   Value Name	LogLevel
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	2

2. Errors Only
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
   Value Name	LogLevel
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	1

3. None
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
   Value Name	LogLevel
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	0

Tracing

0. On
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
   Value Name	TraceLevel
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	2

1. Off
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
   Value Name	TraceLevel
   Value Type	REG_DWORD
   Value	0

User trace

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
Value Name	TraceFilePathUser
Value Type	REG_EXPAND_SZ
Default Value	%COMMONAPPDATA%\GroupPolicy\Preference\Trace\User.log

Computer trace

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
Value Name	TraceFilePathMachine
Value Type	REG_EXPAND_SZ
Default Value	%COMMONAPPDATA%\GroupPolicy\Preference\Trace\Computer.log

Planning trace

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
Value Name	TraceFilePathPlanning
Value Type	REG_EXPAND_SZ
Default Value	%COMMONAPPDATA%\GroupPolicy\Preference\Trace\Planning.log

Maximum size of trace file (KB)

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy\{7150F9BF-48AD-4da4-A49C-29EF4A8369BA}
Value Name	TraceFileMaxSize
Value Type	REG_DWORD
Default Value	1024
Min Value
Max Value	16384