How to Collect Logs for Absolute

Summary: Learn step-by-step instructions to collect logs for Absolute running on a Windows operating system by following these instructions.

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Instructions

This article describes how to collect logs for Absolute. It is highly recommended to collect logs for Absolute before troubleshooting or contacting Dell Data Security ProSupport. For more information, reference Dell Data Security International Support Phone Numbers.


Affected Products:

  • Absolute

Affected Operating Systems:

  • Windows

Install Logs and Agent Logs may be manually captured when troubleshooting Absolute. Select the appropriate section below for the steps to gather logs.

Install Logs

  1. Right-click the Windows start menu and then click Run.
    Run option
  2. In the Run UI, type %temp% and then click OK.
    Run UI
    Note: %temp% is the Windows variable for C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Temp.
  3. Capture the MSI logs named MSIXXXXX.LOG.
    Example log files
    Note: The XXXXX is randomly generated letters and numbers.

Agent Logs

  1. Right-click the Windows start menu and then click Run.
    Run option
  2. In the Run UI, type %programdata%\ctes and then click OK.
    Run UI
    Note: %programdata% is the Windows variable for the programdata directory.
  3. Right-click the logs folder, select Send to, and then click Compressed (zipped) folder.
    Compressed zipped folder option

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Affected Products

Absolute
Article Properties
Article Number: 000129351
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 16 Sept 2025
Version:  9
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