Set Log Parser Studio log paths

Log parser studio has a handy UI for adding log file paths, but if you have a shared hosting server with loads of IIS sites, each logging to a different directory – you’ll want to automate the list of log file paths.

Go and find the file named “LPSFolders.tmp”, usually found in “C:\Users\USER-NAME\AppData\Roaming\ExLPT\Log Parser Studio\”.

The file will look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfLPLogFile xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC1\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
</ArrayOfLPLogFile>

All you need to do is add an “LPLogFile” for each folder… I generated the list of several hundred folders with a script…

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfLPLogFile xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC1\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC2\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC3\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC4\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC5\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC6\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC7\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC8\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC9\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC10\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC11\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC12\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC13\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC14\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC15\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC16\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC17\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC18\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC19\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC20\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC21\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC22\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC23\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC24\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC25\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC26\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC27\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC28\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC29\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC30\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC31\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <LPLogFile>
    <Filename>E:\IIS-Logs\W3SVC32\*.log</Filename>
    <isChecked>true</isChecked>
  </LPLogFile>
  <!-- You get the idea ... -->
</ArrayOfLPLogFile>

Save this file and re-start Log Parser Studio and you’ll see that your log file paths now contain all of the folders you added.

Written by Steve Fenton on 29th March 2016