obtaining-counter-path-elements-from-a-counter-path.md

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To retrieve the elements of a path, call the PdhParseCounterPath function. The function parses the elements of a counter path and returns them in a PDH\_COUNTER\_PATH\_ELEMENTS structure.	65c722f9-6f9d-4e3d-abf3-867cf260ef9f	Obtaining Counter Path Elements from a Counter Path	article	05/31/2018

Obtaining Counter Path Elements from a Counter Path

To retrieve the elements of a path, call the PdhParseCounterPath function. The function parses the elements of a counter path and returns them in a PDH_COUNTER_PATH_ELEMENTS structure.

If you have a complex instance name (one that contains a parent instance and instance index), you can call the PdhParseInstanceName function to extract the instance name, instance index, and parent name.