I\'m trying to program in a performance counter into my C# application that launches another process and checks the processor usage of that launched process. As I understand it,
You can assign them whatever you want. The Performance Monitor will simply show whatever category you choose and whatever counter name you choose for your particular need.
CounterCreationDataCollection ccdc = new CounterCreationDataCollection();
ccdc.Add(new CounterCreationData("Counter Title", "Counter Description", PerformanceCounterType.NumberOfItems32));
PerformanceCounterCategory.Create("My Counter Category", "Category Description", PerformanceCounterCategoryType.Unknown, ccdc);