title: Perfmon, PerfMonitor, and PerfView
body: <p>A <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg490356.aspx" rel="noreferrer">couple</a> <a href="http://brokenbitsslowbytes.blogspot.com/2011/12/perfmonitor-primer.html" rel="noreferrer">articles</a> talk about ETW and "PerfMonitor.exe".  The articles discuss the ability to launch profiling from the command prompt.  For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>PerfMonitor.exe runAnalyze MySlowApplication.exe
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  <p>Somehow I had or have the impression that PerfMon.exe is the self-same tool.  But when I try to use command line options with it, it doesn't work.  So perhaps they are indeed two different tools?  Or is one a newer version of the other (with or without command-line capabilities removed)?</p>
  
  <p>Then there is the <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/PerfView-Tutorial" rel="noreferrer">PerfView</a> tool. I'm wondering if it is a newer version of either perfmonitor or perfmon?  Or is it simply a tool unto-its-own?  Finally, is there a breakdown of the features offered by these tools? </p>