Using COM in the Profiling API

Although the profiling interfaces are defined as COM interfaces, the common language runtime (CLR) does not actually initialize COM to use these interfaces. The reason is to avoid having to set the threading model by using the CoInitialize function before the managed application has had a chance to specify its desired threading model. Similarly, the profiler itself should not call CoInitialize, because it may pick a threading model that is incompatible with the application being profiled and may cause the application to fail.

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Common Features in the Profiling API

Profiling Overview