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PerformanceCounterCategoryType Enumeration

Indicates whether the performance counter category can have multiple instances.

Namespace:  System.Diagnostics
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

public enum PerformanceCounterCategoryType

Member nameDescription
UnknownThe instance functionality for the performance counter category is unknown.
SingleInstanceThe performance counter category can have only a single instance.
MultiInstanceThe performance counter category can have multiple instances.

There are two types of performance counter categories: single-instance and multi-instance. By default, a category is single-instance when it is created and becomes multi-instance when another instance is added. Categories are created when an application is set up, and instances are added at run time. In the .NET Framework version 1.0 and version 1.1, it is not necessary to know whether a performance counter category is multi-instance or single-instance. In the .NET Framework version 2.0, the PerformanceCounterCategoryType enumeration is used to indicate whether a performance counter can have multiple instances.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

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