Installing GPUView

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  • Install - Make sure Windows Performance Toolkit is checked (you can uncheck the rest).
    • (This just adds the TRACE_VR lines with the guid we use for tracking events in SteamVR).


  • Open a command prompt at this location with Administrator privileges (you must use cmd.exe not PowerShell).
  • Run "vrlog.cmd min" (Without Quotes) to start capturing.
  • Wait maybe a second once it gets through loading things (the captured data size adds up fast!)


  • Then run "vrlog.cmd min" (Without Quotes) again to stop capturing (followed by a rather lengthy merge process).
  • Zip up the resulting Merged.etl file and upload it somewhere if you're sharing it with a developer. If you're a developer yourself, run 'gpuview' and select Merged.etl to view.