I am trying to use Notepad++ and regular expressions to remove all XML from Windows' events.

My regular expression is as follows:

```
Event Xml:(.|\n)+?Event>\n

```

Example Windows events are as follows:

```
Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          2016/04/29 11:54:00
Event ID:      7036
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      hostname.domainname
Description:
The Adobe Flash Player Update Service service entered the stopped state.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="16384">7036</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-29T10:54:00.113587400Z" />
    <EventRecordID>299771</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="696" ThreadID="3904" />
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>hostname.domainname</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="param1">Adobe Flash Player Update Service</Data>
    <Data Name="param2">stopped</Data>
    <Binary>410064006F006200650046006C0061007300680050006C0061007900650072005500700064006100740065005300760063002F0031000000</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Log Name:      System
Source:        Service Control Manager
Date:          2016/04/29 11:54:00
Event ID:      7036
Task Category: None
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      hostname.domainname
Description:
The Adobe Flash Player Update Service service entered the running state.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="16384">7036</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>4</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-29T10:54:00.113587400Z" />
    <EventRecordID>299770</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="696" ThreadID="3904" />
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>hostname.domainname</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name="param1">Adobe Flash Player Update Service</Data>
    <Data Name="param2">running</Data>
    <Binary>410064006F006200650046006C0061007300680050006C0061007900650072005500700064006100740065005300760063002F0034000000</Binary>
  </EventData>
</Event>

```

The aforementioned regular expression works in <http://www.regexpal.com/>:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bc2LF.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bc2LF.png)

The aforementioned regular expression does not work in Notepad++:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SisYR.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SisYR.png)