PerformanceCounter.InstanceLifetime Property

Definition

Gets or sets the lifetime of a process.

C#
public System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime InstanceLifetime { get; set; }

Property Value

One of the PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime values. The default is Global.

Exceptions

The value set is not a member of the PerformanceCounterInstanceLifetime enumeration.

InstanceLifetime is set after the PerformanceCounter has been initialized.

Remarks

If the performance counter category is created with the .NET Framework version 1.0 or 1.1, it uses global shared memory, and the value for InstanceLifetime must be Global. If the category is not used by applications running on versions 1.0 or 1.1 of the .NET Framework, delete and recreate the category.

Note

If the value of the CounterType property is SingleInstance, the InstanceLifetime value for the performance counter must be Global.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 (package-provided), 4.7, 4.7.1 (package-provided), 4.7.1, 4.7.2 (package-provided), 4.7.2, 4.8 (package-provided), 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9