c# - An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.dll -
i executing code below : class program { static void main(string[] args) { performancecounter performancecounter = new performancecounter("network interface", "bytes sent/sec", "intel(r) 82579v gigabit network connection"); console.writeline(performancecounter.nextvalue().tostring()); } } i'm getting exception. an unhandled exception of type 'system.invalidoperationexception' occurred in system.dll additional information: instance 'intel(r) 82579v gigabit network connection' not exist in specified category. i have tested parameters windows perfmon tool , working in code giving exception. can please help.. have checked if name spelled correctly? minor error, won't work. to check names exist in category, try (as suggested here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29270209/1648463 ) performancecountercategory category = new performancecountercategory("network interface"); string[...