Collect application statistics for stand-alone applications by using the profiler command line
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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This section describes the procedures and options for collecting performance statistics for a client (stand-alone) application by using the sampling method from the command line.
Note
Enhanced security features in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 required significant changes in the way the Visual Studio profiler collects data on these platforms. UWP apps also require new collection techniques. See Performance tools on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 applications.
Common tasks
| Task | Related content |
|---|---|
| Start an application by using profiling | - How to: Launch a stand-alone application and collect application statistics |
| Attach the profiler to a running .NET Framework application | - How to: Attach the profiler to a .NET Framework application and collect application statistics |
| Attach the profiler to a running C/C++ application | - How to: Attach the profiler to a native application and collect application statistics |
| Add tier-interaction data | - Collecting tier interaction data |
Related tasks
Profile stand-alone applications
| Task | Related content |
|---|---|
| Instrument an application | - Collect detailed timing data using instrumentation |
| Collect .NET memory allocation and garbage collection data | - Collect .NET Framework memory data |
| Collect resource contention and thread execution data | - Collect concurrency data |
Profile by using the sampling method
| Task | Related content |
|---|---|
| Profile ASP.NET web applications | - Collect application statistics using sampling |
| Profile services | - Collect application statistics using sampling. Describes how to collect performance statistics from Windows services by using the sampling method. |