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Visual Studio 2012

The Start option is a VSPerfCmd.exe option that initializes the profiler to the specified profiling method.

VSPerfCmd.exe /Start:Method /Output:FileName [Options]

Method

Must be one of the following keywords:

The Output option must be specified when Start is specified on the command line.

The following options can only be used with the Start option on a command line.

CrossSession|CS: Enables cross-process profiling. The option names CrossSession and CS are both supported.
User:[domain\]username: Enables client access to the monitor from the specified account.
WinCounter: Path [Automark:n]: WinCounter specifies a Windows performance counter to include as a mark in the profiling data file. AutoMark specifies the interval in milliseconds between collections of the data file.

The following options cannot be used with the Start option on a command line.

Status: Status applies to those processes that are profiled. It lists processes and threads and their current profile state (On/Off). For example, if a process is stopped, Status will not indicate this in the report. Status will show that the process is either profiled or not.
Shutdown[:Timeout]: Turns the profiler off.

The following example demonstrates how to use the VSPerfCmd.exe Start option to initialize the profiler.

VSPerfCmd.exe /Start:Sample /Output:TestApp.exe.vsp
VSPerfCmd.exe /Launch:TestApp.exe

VSPerfCmd

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Command-Line Profiling of Services

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