"Can't load counters" in Perfmon when adding counters with lodctr

Question

Hey,
I'm working with C/C++ in windows 7 64 bit and was trying to add my own performance counter using the version 2.0 counter framework (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965334(v=VS.85).aspx).
 Whatever i did, in perfmon (when trying to add my counter) my counter set was always shown with it's GUID and not the given name in the manifest file.  Also, when selecting my counterset it always showed "Can't load counters".  I searched for
a day on this and already had a feeling that it was some kind of problem with admin rights.  It seems that running lodctr with a user that has administrator rights is not enough, although lodctr returns a successful completion of the addition of
the counter set.  When adding my user to the "Performance Monitor Users" and "Performance Log Users" group, my counter set was finally shown correctly in perfmon.
I hope this info will help others because this isn't mentioned in the counter documentation (or not very visible).

Answer 1

Hello,
I'm having the same problem as above, and after doing the suggested tricks (as follows), I still can see only my counter set's GUID and the "Can't load counters" message when expanded:
1- adding my user to the "Performance Monitor Users" and "Performance Log Users" group. Log out
and log back in for settings to take effect.
2- Set
the complete path to the exe file in the manifest for things to work
3- windows
security eventlog and check for access denied messages / missing permissions: no such messages
System: Windows 7 64-bit 
I resolved my issue and now my counters load up in perfmon.
The problem in my case was that I hadn't included in my provider application the ctrpp-generated rc file which contained the necessary strings for counter registration.
Thought it might be useful for anyone experiencing this symptom.