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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions content/install-guides/windows-perf-wpa-plugin.md
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Expand Up @@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ Alternatively, you can download the `.zip` file from a command prompt:
```console
mkdir wpa-plugin
cd wpa-plugin
curl -L -O https://github.com/arm-developer-tools/windowsperf-wpa-plugin/releases/download/1.0.2/wpa-plugin-1.0.2.zip
curl -L -O https://github.com/arm-developer-tools/windowsperf-wpa-plugin/releases/download/1.0.3/wpa-plugin-1.0.3.zip
```

Extract the `.dll` file from the downloaded `.zip` file.

```console
tar -xmf wpa-plugin-1.0.2.zip
tar -xmf wpa-plugin-1.0.3.zip
```

The file `WPAPlugin.dll` is now in your `wpa-plugin` directory.
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For example, if you downloaded the `.dll` in your `Downloads` directory, you can run `wpa` as shown below:

```bash
wpa -addsearchdir %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\wpa-plugin-1.0.2
wpa -addsearchdir %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\wpa-plugin-1.0.3
```

##### Option 2: Set an environment variable.
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For example, to open `timeline_long.json` in your `downloads` directory, run the command:

```console
wpa -addsearchdir %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\wpa-plugin-1.0.2 -i %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\timeline_long.json
wpa -addsearchdir %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\wpa-plugin-1.0.3 -i %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\timeline_long.json
```
## How do I uninstall the WPA plugin?

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Expand Up @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ You can save a `.json` output from WindowsPerf by using the `--output` command f
```console
wperf stat -e ld_spec --timeout 5 --json --output example.json
```
Note: This command won't finish automatically. You can use Ctrl+C to terminate it after it has run for 5-10 seconds.

2. Open Windows Performance Analyzer, and see the following window:

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To see all the generated graphs you can expand the `Counting timeline` section in the graph explorer section of WPA.

Run another `wperf` command with different options:
Before you run another `wperf` command with different options, you use use `wperf -list` to find out supported metrics in your machine.

```console
wperf stat -t -i 0 -n 10 -m imix,l1d_cache_miss_ratio,l1d_cache_mpki,l1d_tlb_miss_ratio,l1d_tlb_mpki -e inst_spec,vfp_spec,ld_spec,st_spec -c 1 --timeout 2 --json --output --example3.json
wperf stat -t -i 0 -n 10 -m imix,l1d_cache_miss_ratio,l1d_cache_mpki,l1d_tlb_miss_ratio,l1d_tlb_mpki -e inst_spec,vfp_spec,ld_spec,st_spec -c 1 --timeout 2 --json --output example3.json
```

Note: above command will run for ~20 seconds.
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