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Jun 10, 2021

Differing Get-WinEvent behavior

Given a single .etl, I'm encountering differing Get-WinEvent behavior depending on the machine/PS version I'm using for a single event.   I actually don't know much about this particular event, o...
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jaogden
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Jun 10, 2021

Applying an exception handler to the Get-WinEvent call:

Exception: System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogException: The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2
   at System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogException.Throw(Int32 errorCode)
   at System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.NativeWrapper.EvtFormatMessageRenderName(EventLogHandle pmHandle, EventLogHandle eventHandle, EvtFormatMessageFlags flag)
   at System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.ProviderMetadataCachedInformation.GetFormatDescription(String ProviderName, EventLogHandle eventHandle)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWinEventCommand.ReadEvents(EventLogReader readerObj)

HResult: -2146233088

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