Unfortunately, the smsts.log can be stored in one of 7 locations, depending on the stage of the build and the architecture of the OS:
- WindowsPE, before HDD format:
x:windowstempsmstslogsmsts.log
- WindowsPE, after HDD format:
x:smstslogsmsts.log and copied to c:_SMSTaskSequenceLogsSmstslogsmsts.log
- Full version windows, before SCCM agent installed:
c:_SMSTaskSequenceLogsSmstslogsmsts.log
- Full version windows, after SCCM agent installed:
c:windowssystem32ccmlogsSmstslogsmsts.log
- Full version x64 windows, after SCCM agent installed:
c:windowssysWOW64ccmlogsSmstslogsmsts.log
- After Task Sequence has finished running
c:windowssystem32ccmlogssmsts.log
- After Task Sequence has finished running(x64)
c:windowssysWOW64ccmlogssmsts.log