Turn off logging for EPiServer Community

The EPiServer Community does not have the same extensive logging capabilities as EPiServer CMS, which utilizes the log4net component. But there are some basic logging done to the standard Windows Event Log under the Application group. The problem is that there is no configuration for turning off the logging if you don’t want it.

But, as in many cases, there is a workaround. The installer for EPiServer Community will set up an entry in the registry to allow the application to write to the Event Log. To turn off the logging simply start up Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\EPiServer Common 

Either remove the entry or rename it. Now the application will not be allowed to write to the Event Log, and therefore no entries are written there!