# Re-import archived Windows Event Logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-import-archived-windows-event-logs/135393>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [June 11, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-import-archived-windows-event-logs/135393 "2018-06-11T14:45:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![erikjsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/48db29/32.png) [@erikjsmith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikjsmith)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-import-archived-windows-event-logs/135393/5 "2018-06-11T15:03:34Z")

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Ok, so that goes back to my original question. How do I get the archived .evtx files into my Logstash then? It doesn't seem feasible to take tens of thousands of archived evtx files and manually add each one back into Event Viewer.

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