Accidentally deleted windows event logs, what is file extension?

Hey I accidentally deleted windows logs I needed but I havent wrote anything to the disk and I have a third party file restore program so I was wondering if anyboddy knew the file extension of windows event logs if it was .doc or .log I can't seem to find what it is with google.

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Please try

C:\Windows\System32\config

In this location, they could be .log, .log1, .log2 or no extension.

This is what it looks like for me:

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In Windows XP, event logs have extension .evt and are in

windows\system32\config

In Windows 7, event logs have extension .evtx and are in

windows\system32\winevt\Logs

I believe Windows Vista and Windows 8 are both the same as Windows 7, but I don't have a box handy to check.

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To increase the possibility to find what you are looking for, I suggest to look for

• .evt files
• .txt files
• .log files

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