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Windows Setup (OS upgrades/installs)

1 log location · Windows

Microsoft Corporation

Where Windows Setup (OS upgrades/installs) keeps its logs

Windows Setup (OS upgrades/installs) logs to C:\Windows\Panther\ on Windows.

Paths are printed exactly as Windows Setup (OS upgrades/installs) writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.

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Windows Setup (OS upgrades/installs) log file locations - Windows · Where Them Logs App