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Consistent logging directory and easy wasy to disable all logging
Description of the new feature / enhancement
Logs are now created in: C:\Users<username>\Appdata\Local\PowerToys<Function/tool/toy>\Logs\v0.70.1*.txt C:\Users<username>\Appdata\Local\PowerToys<Function/tool/toy>\Logs\0.70.1.0*.txt C:\Users<username>\Appdata\Local\PowerToys<Function/tool/toy>\Logs*.txt C:\Users<username>\Appdata\Local\PowerToys<Function/tool/toy>\LogsModuleInterface*.txt C:\Users<username>\Appdata\Local\PowerToys<Function/tool/toy>\ModuleInterface\Logs*.txt C:\Users<username>\Appdata\Local\PowerToys<Function/tool/toy><Function/tool/toy>\Logs\v0.70.1*.txt C:\Users<username>\Appdata\Local\PowerToys\RunnerLogs*.txt
This adds up to a lot of different directory's with a lot of old log files that nobody is every going to read.
Scenario when this would be used?
Multi-user systems, sysadmins that need to debug a logfile.
Supporting information
One system with 10 users, 2MB of log files per user per day, that's 600MB in a month or 7.2GB in a year. Nobody is going trough those log files and they are only needed when there is a specific issue. If that is the case, log files can be enabled and used to resolve the issue.
see also: #8419 If there is a way to disable all logs it doesn't need cleanup
I'm not sure we should provide ability to disable logging, this is crucial for us to troubleshoot. But we should clean logs that we don't need
I'll first dedup this, feel free to reopen if you do believe disable logging is must have
How is this a duplicate? Debug logging should only be enabled when needed. Creating GB's of logs just because it might be necessary some day to troubleshoot a specific issue is a waste of resources and it would be a lot simpler to implement than a specific cleanup script that deletes the oldest logfile. Especially since every tool seem to use a different log system/directory/directory's/files/extentions. ie: PowerToys\AdvancedPaste\Logs<version>*.txt PowerToys\AlwaysOnTop\Logs<version>*.log PowerToys\Awake\Logs*.txt AND PowerToys\Awake\Logs<version>*.log PowerToys\CmdNotFound\ModuleInterface\Logs<version>*.log PowerToys\CropAndLock\Logs<version>*.log AND PowerToys\CropAndLock\ModuleInterface\Logs<version>*.log etc. Why not make an option: don't log anything and log all the things you can even make it the default and add a extra warning "If you disable logging there is nobody to help you"
WHEN disabling of logging for EVERY tool (most of them are disabled!) will be available? Enable only when it is needed to user/support! By default it must be OFF!