Stan Brown wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:42:53 -0500, wrote:

is there a better way to get to the system event log than using eventvwr.msc at a c prompt?

Of course.

Click the Start button, type
eventvwr.msc
and press the Enter key.

If it's something you use frequently, you could pin it to your start
menu or to your taskbar, or just create a shortcut to it.

For things I use somewhat - but not very - frequently and for which I
know the name - i.e. in this case eventvwr.msc -, I use the (Start -)
'Run...' box, instead of the search box. The 'Run' function keeps a list
of recently used entries - unless you clear it - so it's easy to scroll
through the list and select the entry you want.

Some things I have in the

services.msc
msconfig
cleanmgr
C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe :-)
Some paths to 'weird' locations, for example:
C:\Users\Frank\Documents\Thunderbird\Profiles\dm6d 6ro1.default\Mail\Local Folders