I get a flirc_log.txt file on my windows desktop with 0 bytes size. These are the settings of my flirc.ini: [logging] ; Protocol configuration loglevel = 5 ; 0 = None ; 1 = Error ; 2 = Warning ; 3 = Info ; 4 = Debug ; 5 = Verbose libusb = true ; Log libusb events logtofile = true ; True or False append = false ; Append or create new log file file = flirc_log.txt ; File to Log desktop = true ; Save file to Desktop, this should be set for windows