Troubleshooting

This document outlines steps for troubleshooting common issues that arise when developing SDK plugins.

There are many reasons this could happen. Here are some things to check:

Check WPA's diagnostic console to see if there were any errors when loading your plugin. From within WPA, select Window -> Diagnostic Console
Ensure Visual Studio is correctly setup to load your plugin when debugging. Follow these steps
Ensure your plugin builds successfully. In Visual Studio, select Build -> Rebuild Solution. Or, from a command prompt in your plugin's folder, run dotnet build
Ensure the -addsearchdir path in your debug profile created during these steps is correct. Manually navigate to the folder used for -addsearchdir and verify your DLLs are there
If your -addsearchdir path contains spaces, ensure the path is surrounded by quotes (")
Ensure the SDK version your plugin uses is compatible with your version of WPA. To find your WPA version, select Help -> About Windows Performance Analyzer

WPA-Related Issues