Manager Settings

To open Manager settings, in the General section of the main toolbar, click Manager Manager.

Settings

Behavior

Auto-connect to local server

When Manager starts, connect to the Syslog Watcher Server installed on this computer. Windows may ask for administrator rights.

Check for updates

When Manager starts, check for a newer product version. If there is one, Manager tells you. Open Updates for details.

Warn if versions differ

After connecting to a local or remote server, warn if the server version differs from the Manager version.

Confirm closing a view tab

Ask for confirmation when you click a view tab’s close button.

Confirm closing Manager

Ask for confirmation when you close Manager while it is connected to a server.

Storage Tab

Maximum selected days

The most days you can select at once on the Storage tab calendar (1–999).

Appearance

Server tab scale

Size of the Server tab, as a percentage of the Windows display scale (50–200). You can also change it with Ctrl + mouse wheel on the Server tab.

UI language

Language of the Manager user interface. Only English is available in this version.

Long date format, Short date format, Long time format, Short time format

How Manager shows dates and times. System settings (an empty value) uses the Windows regional format. To use your own format, type a format string. Restart Manager to apply a change.

Date and Time Formats

Letters Shows

yyyy / yy

Year: 2026 / 26

MMMM / MMM / MM

Month: October / Oct / 10

dddd / ddd / dd

Day: Saturday / Sat / 10

HH

Hour: 00–23

hh

Hour: 01–12

mm

Minute: 00–59

ss

Second: 00–59

tt

AM or PM

For example, yyyy-MM-dd shows 2026-10-10, and HH:mm:ss shows 14:05:09.