How do I export the Windows and application event log?

Using the EvtExportLog

function , I am currently unable to provide the correct value for the parameter Path

and / or Query

.

My goal is to export the local Application and System event log .

I tried:

EvtExportLog(
    IntPtr.Zero, 
    "Application", 
    "*", 
    "C:\\SomePath\\Application.evtx", 
    EventExportLogFlags.LogFilePath);

      

        
        
        
      

    

with the following P / Invoke definition:

[Flags]
private enum EventExportLogFlags
{
    ChannelPath = 1,
    LogFilePath = 2,
    TolerateQueryErrors = 0x1000
};

[DllImport(@"wevtapi.dll", 
    CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Winapi,
    CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
    SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool EvtExportLog(
    IntPtr sessionHandle,
    string path,
    string query,
    string targetPath,
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)] EventExportLogFlags flags);

      

        
        
        
      

    

Unfortunately, the function also returns the false

last error code 2 ( ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND ).

My question is:

What to add options Path

and Query

to export the local application and system event log?