Deleting Windows performance counter categories

Question

I have a custom performance counter category. Visual Studio Server Explorer refuses to delete it, claiming it is \'not registered or a system category\'. Short of doing it progr

Answer 1

You could disable it using the microsoft resource kit tool - install it from

http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/exctrlst/1.00.0.1/nt5/en-us/exctrlst_setup.exe

or disable it from the registry manually (have not tried) described here

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/94214.mspx?mfr=true