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How to fix pdf preview handler issues - I can't preview pdf on my windows file explorer

I have a Surface Snapdragon(R) X 12-core X1E80100 @ 3.40 GHz 3.42 GHz. I can not preview PDF documents in my File Explorer - other types of files I can. I can preview PDF in my Outlook. in the acrobat reader preferences the option "Enable PDF…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-06-26T09:29:49.32+00:00
Patrícia 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-06-28T16:53:30.7133333+00:00
Sheng Jiang 蒋晟 206 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to programatically get NPU utilization using C/C++/C#

如果一台PC有NPU,那么在Windows 11任务管理器中,“性能”页面就会显示NPU的信息(包括使用率),一般来说,这个页面显示的信息从“性能计数器(PDH)”中获取,但是我并没有找到对应的计数器。有谁知道这个NPU使用率从哪儿获取吗? If a PC has an NPU, then in the Windows 11 Task Manager, the "Performance" page will display the information of the NPU…

Windows development Windows API - Win32
Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2024-06-06T08:39:18.8033333+00:00
comor 50 Reputation points
accepted 2025-04-30T10:49:47.7733333+00:00
comor 50 Reputation points
2 answers

Missing ImageId event on call stack in WPA

We have an application in the cloud that we're interested in analyzing the call stack. When analyzing the .etl file generated from wpr. Call stack from application shows "Missing ImageId Event". Loading the debug symbols does nothing…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2022-09-21T05:42:41.567+00:00
Dindo Paolo Depalobos 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-04-23T13:15:29.6566667+00:00
RaymondF-4923 0 Reputation points
5 answers

Windows Performance Analyzer unable to open etl files 0x80070032

... [XPerfCustomDataSource.XPerfDataProcessor]: Verbose - Enable table TraceStatsTable [b44f0dc4-f9fe-4aec-938e-7d0fd50cee92 - Trace Statistics] [XPerfCustomDataSource.XPerfDataProcessor]: Verbose - Process the trace An exception occurred while…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2023-02-02T16:41:16.1133333+00:00
Harry Clarke 105 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-04-20T02:45:26.0566667+00:00
Tristan Gibeau 76 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
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How can I fix this problem?

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-04-09T14:35:35.94+00:00
MUBIN 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-15T00:20:48.27+00:00
Geoff McKenzie 865 Reputation points
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WHLK [System - PNP (disable and enable) with IO Before and After (Reliability)] fail -WDTF_PNP : Result: Successful , but device not started

Hi, A failed item occurred after running WHLK [System - PNP (disable and enable) with IO Before and After (Reliability)] It looks like enable device fail, however, I can not see any abnormal symptom after the HLK test finished. Also can not see any…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
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asked 2024-05-15T01:50:18.7333333+00:00
TY Yang 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-08T08:17:17.97+00:00
zhang yijie 0 Reputation points
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Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.

Hi We have Windows Server 2019 Std edition. Since 2 days server restarted automatically and OEM found no issue in hardware. when run sfc /scannow error found Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. any he lp…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-03-04T15:20:12.73+00:00
Arvind Dahiya 6 Reputation points
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Winsat.exe formal fails returning error 21 in memory assessment

Dear all, we´re running into an issue that shows up during our OS deployment sequence. Calling "Winsat.exe formal" as SYSTEM returns unspecified error 21 on only a very specific System configuration, a Dell Precision 5860 Tower Workstation with…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business Windows Client for IT Pros Devices and deployment Other
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asked 2023-07-27T06:59:28.2166667+00:00
Bischof Andreas IT 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-18T22:17:19.6+00:00
Tim Dickson 0 Reputation points
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The maximum file size for session "PerfDiag Logger" has been reached

Hi How can i fix thix error message please : The maximum file size for session "PerfDiag Logger" has been reached. As a result, events may be lost (not logged) in the file "C:\Windows\system32\WDI\LogFiles\ShutdownPerfDiagLogger.etl".…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-02-02T07:53:03.74+00:00
NonoPOUB 10 Reputation points
3 answers

How to fix my DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE and WIN32K_POWER_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT errors

When i use the vpn and when i leave the computer powered on stuck my computer and got blue screen it says DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE severel time i got WIN32K_POWER_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT I will visit the event viwer i see the Event 17 ESIF errors and i'm…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows development Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
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asked 2024-11-13T16:52:33.5066667+00:00
Nethum Sethmika 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-19T17:14:58.4866667+00:00
Nethum Sethmika 0 Reputation points
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Error 1920 service failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services

Hello Team, Hope you all doing well and good. Actually, I'm trying to install "Office InfoPath 2013" on windows 10 22H2 server machine and getting this below error. When I checked in the services > Windows font cache services. It was…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business Windows Client for IT Pros Devices and deployment Set up, install, or upgrade
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asked 2024-05-08T20:03:14.5933333+00:00
Anonymous
commented 2024-12-12T07:02:41.36+00:00
endeshaw yilma 0 Reputation points
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use Performance monitor to detect memory leaks

Following https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/using-performance-monitor-to-find-a-user-mode-memory-leak. I am running Performance Monitor. It says to "Right click on the Performance Monitor under Monitoring Tools…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2024-12-07T15:58:40.28+00:00
Debby Granberg 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-07T21:35:14.82+00:00
Debby Granberg 0 Reputation points
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Need a helpful tip about WPA file's data result?

Hi, can I get an estimation of this result while it was displayed in a Shutdown Trace for all drives in the device? And for all three iterations of the Reboot Cycle? The issue at question is discussed…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
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asked 2024-12-07T10:38:47.17+00:00
Claus Debanker 101 Reputation points
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How to Load symbols from PDB files of a Python library in WPA?

Hi Everyone, I captured an ETL trace using WPR for a Python-based library and have the corresponding PDB files available locally. To load the symbols, I created a separate folder containing these PDB files, added its path under Trace → Configure Symbol…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business Windows Client for IT Pros User experience Other
asked 2024-11-27T08:56:31.4+00:00
Haripriya GS 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-11-28T10:31:30.29+00:00
Haripriya GS 0 Reputation points
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How to use wpa tool of Microsoft? Why does my .pdb files just display symbol with "!?", instead of displaying function's name?

hi,I try to use wpr/wpa tools for memory info during user process, using my test application which calls VirtualAlloc. I hope that wpa can display which function name of my test application calls VirtualAlloc if I select "commit…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2024-11-20T09:22:38.7133333+00:00
Luo, Bihe 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-11-20T09:37:28.48+00:00
Luo, Bihe 0 Reputation points
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How is CPU % in Performance tab of Task Manager determined

I am looking to understand how is CPU% determined in Task Manager. I am observing a difference between CPU% in perfmon tool using % Processor Time counter. Please see attached snapshot. Which one is correct? What is causing the difference? Screenshot…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business Windows Client for IT Pros User experience Other
asked 2024-11-12T16:50:38.8733333+00:00
Priya Jagyasi 21 Reputation points
answered 2024-11-13T07:58:09.5766667+00:00
Castorix31 90,521 Reputation points
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How to pass Fast Startup test with a .NET startup app?

Hi, Applications developed using the .Net Framework are consistently flagged as issues in the Fast Startup assessment of the Windows Assessment Toolkit. Is there a way to avoid being flagged as an issue? Thanks. Best regards, Hank

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
Developer technologies C#
asked 2024-09-26T08:04:29.33+00:00
Hank 20 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-07T09:40:04.6266667+00:00
Anonymous
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Feature request - select rectangular region of rows and columns in WPA

I can either "copy cell" or "copy selection" but what I really want to do is select a rectangular region of cells in the view and copy them (with their headers.) What I do now is copy the rows, paste to Excel, select the cells, copy…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2024-09-26T00:09:49.7033333+00:00
Jon Wiswall 5 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Computer Crashes when I play video games need help fixing this issue

I've been troubleshooting this issue for the last 3 days having a really tough time figuring out a solution. When I'm playing World of Warcraft my computer will black screen and start rebooting. I've been eyeing event viewer and I get these errors. 6062…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business Windows Client for IT Pros Devices and deployment Set up, install, or upgrade
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asked 2023-12-09T07:07:24.5833333+00:00
Erik Mayes 30 Reputation points
commented 2024-09-21T17:52:33.28+00:00
DK 0 Reputation points
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How to prevent wpa crash with bad symbols from symbol server?

Sporadically I encounter crashes of wpa (it simply disappears from screen), and after cleaning C:\Symbols and c:\SymCache, it starts to work. I wonder what can I do to make the process more stable. Obviously some symbol files are corrupt(?), but I expect…

Windows development Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2024-09-18T14:02:06.9733333+00:00
Bursian, Achim 0 Reputation points