Log files in Magento 1.9 installtion (XAMPP Windows 7)

Question

I am struggling to find the log directory on my Magento 1.9 installation. Please note that I have used XAMPP and this in installed on Windows 7.

I have checked many forums and the following are the things I have already tried but with no change.

Updated System > Configuration > Developer > Log Settings > Enabled = Yes
The var directory under C:\xampp\htdocs\magento\var did not have the directory 'log'. So I created this directory and change the permission settings to full access.
Disabled cache under System -> Cache Management
Also manually deleted browser cookies before testing each of the above.

I am quite new to Magento. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Aarthi

If u enable log setting from back-end then in var/log u will got system log files. — Niraj Jani, Oct 18 '14 at 06:40
Hi Niraj, Can you please elaborate? Where are the system log file? — user1384205, Oct 18 '14 at 06:42
have a look at following links,http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/magento/203-troubleshooting-magento/enabling-system-and-exception-logging-in-magento http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12043291/how-to-enable-exception-log-and-system-log-in-magento-database — Niraj Jani, Oct 18 '14 at 06:47
yes I had tried your solution (#1 in my list of trials). No luck. /var/log directory is empty. Also I am at a very early stage to think about saving logs in db. I just want to see the system.log and exception.log — user1384205, Oct 18 '14 at 06:53
have u refreshed frontend and backend both? because this files has benn create while we run script. so try to refresh frontend and backend. — Niraj Jani, Oct 18 '14 at 06:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '14 at 08:38

Please follow these steps:

Enabled = Yes

Click on var/log folder and open properties of that folder.
Click on Security tab and check that all users have full permission. (if not then grant full permission)
Edit any controller's action, and add Mage::log('test'); and open that action's URL in browser.
Then check /var/log folder.

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