Hi,

For some reason this exception is thrown by our application, when attempting
to retrieve a performance counter:

ExceptionName: System.InvalidOperationException
exceptionMessage: Custom counters file view is out of memory.
site: System.Diagnostics.SharedPerformanceCounterInt32 CreateCategory(Int32,
System.String, Int32, System.String, Int32, System.String)System,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
stackTrace:    at
System.Diagnostics.SharedPerformanceCounter.CreateCategory(Int32
categoryNameHashCode, String categoryName, Int32 counterNameHashCode, String
counterName, Int32 instanceNameHashCode, String instanceName)
   at System.Diagnostics.SharedPerformanceCounter.GetCounter(String
categoryName, String counterName, String instanceName)
   at System.Diagnostics.SharedPerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName,
String counterName, String instanceName)
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.Initialize()
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName,
String counterName, String instanceName, Boolean readOnly)
   at System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter..ctor(String categoryName,
String counterName, Boolean readOnly)

Searching for a solution revealed that others have seen this error but
nobody knows whats happening. A fix has been offered:

"I did a brief investigation I am wondering if you are using lots of
performance counters.
I found that there is a .config setting that controls the max fileView
memory size. It is

<configuration>
  <system.diagnostics>
        <performanceCounters filemappingsize="524288" />
   </system.diagnostics>
</configuration>

(see the filemappingsize attribute in the performanceCounters element)"

But id much rather fix the problem instead of doing the above in a live
environment hoping for the best.

In hopes of an answer...
Regards Alex

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