Worked immediately! I replaced the mk_logwatch.exe file that I had with the one from the link you provided me with and also changed the directory of logwatch.cfg from C:\check_logfiles to C:\ProgramData\checkmk\agent\config, re-scanned the services and it picked it up immediately!
I really appreciate the help, honestly, I have spent the entire day on this, thank you so very much.
Based on the log file content I provided above,
hello
there
world
this
is
a
test
I get currently,
do I need to keep the log printing messages in order to get an alert, or am I doing something wrong with the logwatch.cfg file syntax? I do have the space in front of the “command” lines.