When browsing logs for Configuration Manager, it is often helpful to open them in CMTrace tool. It would be useful to allow Right Click Tools launch the CMTrace tool as an option.
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Scott Erickson
Aug 27, 2026
We'd love to learn more about the workflow behind this request. What are you trying to accomplish when you need to launch CMTrace? Are you opening logs from Connect to C$, from Remote File Explorer, or from another location?
If you've voted on this idea, please let us know how you would use this capability and what challenge it would help solve. Additional context will help us better understand the need and evaluate potential solutions.
Can you provide more details. As it sound like you are browsing the logs from file explorer and not within ConfigMgr itself. Or Can you tell me where would you want this want this menu option?
We'd love to learn more about the workflow behind this request. What are you trying to accomplish when you need to launch CMTrace? Are you opening logs from Connect to C$, from Remote File Explorer, or from another location?
If you've voted on this idea, please let us know how you would use this capability and what challenge it would help solve. Additional context will help us better understand the need and evaluate potential solutions.
Can you provide more details. As it sound like you are browsing the logs from file explorer and not within ConfigMgr itself. Or Can you tell me where would you want this want this menu option?