I\'m Completely Baffled(TM) by this one: On a Win7SP1, 64-bit machine, PerfMon appears to be completely disavowing the knowledge of installed, custom performance co
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Make sure that you're not mixing x86 and x64.
I.e. if your perf counters were created using a x64 process, then make sure you're also reading them using a x64 process.
Additionally, try running as Admin.