Windows 7 CPU performance profiling example

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@echo off\
set _NT_SYMBOL_PATH=f:\src\Debug\srv*c:\WebSymbol*http://msdl.microsoft.com/downloads/symbols

xperf -on Latency -stackwalk profile

echo.\
echo Performance Trace started.\
echo.\
echo When done with profile actions,

pause

echo.\
xperf -d Trace.etl

echo.\
start xperfview Trace.etl\

On windows 64 bits, the following registry should be added to record the call stack.

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REG ADD "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" -v DisablePagingExecutive -d 0x1 -t REG_DWORD -f\