LogParser -- (1)

logparser "SELECT * FROM Application.evt"
Task aborted.
Cannot open <from-entity>: Error opening event log "\\?\C:\Application.evt": The event log file is corrupted.

Statistics:
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Elements processed: 0
Elements output:    0
Execution time:     0.61 seconds

Solution:

wevtutil epl application.evt application.evtx /lf:true

wevtutil export-log application.evt application.evtx /lf

wevtutil [{el | enum-logs}] [{gl | get-log} <Logname> [/f:<Format>]]
[{sl | set-log} <Logname> [/e:<Enabled>] [/i:<Isolation>] [/lfn:<Logpath>] [/rt:<Retention>] [/ab:<Auto>] [/ms:<Size>] [/l:<Level>] [/k:<Keywords>] [/ca:<Channel>] [/c:<Config>]] 
[{ep | enum-publishers}] 
[{gp | get-publisher} <Publishername> [/ge:<Metadata>] [/gm:<Message>] [/f:<Format>]] [{im | install-manifest} <Manifest>] 
[{um | uninstall-manifest} <Manifest>] [{qe | query-events} <Path> [/lf:<Logfile>] [/sq:<Structquery>] [/q:<Query>] [/bm:<Bookmark>] [/sbm:<Savebm>] [/rd:<Direction>] [/f:<Format>] [/l:<Locale>] [/c:<Count>] [/e:<Element>]] 
[{gli | get-loginfo} <Logname> [/lf:<Logfile>]] 
[{epl | export-log} <Path> <Exportfile> [/lf:<Logfile>] [/sq:<Structquery>] [/q:<Query>] [/ow:<Overwrite>]] 
[{al | archive-log} <Logpath> [/l:<Locale>]] 
[{cl | clear-log} <Logname> [/bu:<Backup>]] [/r:<Remote>] [/u:<Username>] [/p:<Password>] [/a:<Auth>] [/uni:<Unicode>]

Event Collector is managed with a command-line tool, Windows Event Collector Utility (Wecutil.exe).