Article ID: 000090854 Content Type: Error Messages Last Reviewed: 08/03/2022

Error “PdhAddCounterW() Failed: Unknown Error” When Running an Open Model Zoo Demo

Environment

Windows® 10, 64-bit*

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Summary

The PdhAddCounterW() error is related to Windows* Performance Counter API.

Description
  • Built Open Model Zoo Demos application.
  • Downloaded Intel pre-trained models.
  • Ran the demo using this command:
    interactive_face_detection_demo ^ --loop ^ -m "C:\Intel\face-detection-adas-0001\FP16\face-detection-adas-0001.xml"

    Received error:
    PdhAddCounterW() failed: unknown error

Resolution

The error appears to be related to Windows* Performance Counter API, not OpenVINO™.
Refer to PdhAddCounterW function (pdh.h).

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