RE: SyncToy not running - throws System.InvalidOperationException

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George...

I have been looking a bit further
looks like I have corrupted performance counters
perfmon has no objects. they appear as a list of numbers

cheers


"George Goley - Microsoft" wrote:

> Stuffa,
>
> Enabling that perf counter for the PerfProc.Dll addresses this issue and
> enables SyncToy to run.
>
> We will take a look at alternative means of determining whether SyncToy is
> already running for possible inclusion in a future release.
>
> For those interested, the registry entry for PerfProc is:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\PerfProc\Performance
>
> As you might expect, the Disable Performance Counteres REG_DWORD = 0 for not
> disabled and = 1 for disabled.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> george
>
> "stuffa" wrote:
>
> > I initially loaded the beta version of SyncToy a while back, and it wouldn't
> > run.
> >
> > I have since revisited, and installed the lattest version, and I have the
> > same problem. The debugger gives the following stack trace
> >
> > > system.dll!System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetProcessInfos(System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib library = {System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterLib}) + 0x1f0 bytes
> > system.dll!System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetProcessInfos(string
> > machineName = ".", bool isRemoteMachine = false) + 0xce bytes
> > system.dll!System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.GetProcessInfos(string
> > machineName = ".") + 0x2f bytes
> >
> > system.dll!System.Diagnostics.Process.EnsureState(System.Diagnostics.Process.State state = HaveProcessInfo) + 0x234 bytes
> > system.dll!System.Diagnostics.Process.get_ProcessName() + 0x18 bytes
> > SyncToy.exe!SyncToyUI.SyncToyUIForm.OtherInstanceRunning() + 0x3d bytes
> > SyncToy.exe!SyncToyUI.SyncToyUIForm.Main(string[] args = {Length=0}) +
> > 0xdd bytes
> >
> >
> > I have read the ealier postings and have checked the suggested registry
> > entry. I dont have it set. ie: it defaults to 0
> >
> > These are keys I have set:
> >
> > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\PerfProc\Performance]
> > "Close"="CloseSysProcessObject"
> > "Collect"="CollectSysProcessObjectData"
> > "Collect Timeout"=dword:00001f40
> > "Library"="perfproc.dll"
> > "Object List"="230 232 786 740 816 1408 1500 1548 1760"
> > "Open"="OpenSysProcessObject"
> > "Open Timeout"=dword:00002710
> > "WbemAdapFileSignature"=hex:26,04,41,1d,b3,62,f3,c7,d4,6b,ab,31,36,2f,0b,55
> > "WbemAdapFileTime"=hex:00,58,34,8e,da,e7,a8,01
> > "WbemAdapFileSize"=dword:00008800
> > "WbemAdapStatus"=dword:00000000
> >
> > What I have also noticed is that I am also unable to get any stats from
> > perfmon.
> > This is probaly the problem. But I dont seem to be able to figure out why
> > perfmon is not collecting any stats
> >
> > Cheers
> > Chris Martin
> >
.

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