Error message after you click "Save and Clear" in Event Viewer on a Windows Server 2008-based computer or on a Windows Vista-based computer: "Event Viewer could not clear the log"

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

You are running a Windows Server 2008-based computer or a Windows Vista-based computer.
In Event Viewer, you click Save and Clear to create a .csv file, a .txt file, or an .xml file.

Although the file is created successfully, the event log is not cleared as expected. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

Event Viewer could not clear the log. The following error occurred: The parameter is incorrect.

To work around this problem, manually clear the event log after you save the file in Event Viewer.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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