Failure in delete performance counter category

Question

I have this simple code:

public void CreateCounters() {
    if (PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(_categoryName)) {
        PerformanceCounterCategory.Delete(_categoryName);
    }

    // create logic…
}

works on my machine. I run it on my server, get the following stack trace:

System has detected a fatal error. EXITING... 
NativeErrorCode: 1010 
ErrorCode: -2147467259 
Message: The configuration registry key is invalid 
TargetSite: Void RegisterFiles(System.String, Boolean) 
HelpLink:  
Source: System 
Stack Trace: 
 at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib.RegisterFiles(String arg0, Boolean unregister) 
 at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterCategory.Delete(String categoryName) 
 at myApp.Common.Utils.PerformanceCounters.PerformanceCounters.CreateCounters() 
 at myApp.Common.Utils.PerformanceCounters.myAppPerformanceCounterReporter.Init() 
 at myApp.Common.Utils.PerformanceCounters.myAppPerformanceCounterReporter.get_Instance() 
 at myApp.Program.Main(String[] args)

The category exists on the server, I can see it in perfmon GUI.

is the performance counter category `_categoryName` created by you or is one of the predefined categroies? — Alex Filipovici, Dec 16 '12 at 17:00
This is custom categroty name that I create. I'm not sure if this is permission issue (it is not implied), but I run under administrative rights... — user1025852, Dec 17 '12 at 08:40

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 21 '15 at 04:06

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ok this is some error in performance counter mechanis, that should be fixed by the following script :

cd %systemroot%\system32
lodctr /R

check out this link : http://geekswithblogs.net/robz/archive/2008/08/10/possible-performance-counter-corruption-or-performance-counters-are-just-disabled.aspx

edited Apr 21 '15 at 04:06

Jay Bazuzi

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answered Dec 17 '12 at 09:21

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Failure in delete performance counter category

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