We have an occasional support question a person receives an error when trying to execute IISLogs.

Problem:
The problem is a space “ ” or “�!” stored within the configuration item normally causes the issue.

<add key=”MonitoredEntireDirectories” value=” ” />

or

<add key=”MonitoredEntireDirectories” value=”�!” />

Solution:

Remove the “ ” or “&#x0!” value using a text editor such as Notepad.

Here are screenshots to showing the error and where to look.