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on April 24, 2017
The problem: by default, the Performance Monitor application in Windows doesn’t remember which counters you like to use.
This can mean a lot of clicking every single time you open perfmon.
The easy solution
Run: perfmon.exe /sys
This makes perfmon remember the counters and configuration that you like to use!
Watch this 2.5 minute video to see how the magic happens: