PerformanceCounters/Uninstall-PerformanceCounterCategory.ps1

# Copyright 2012 Aaron Jensen
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function Uninstall-PerformanceCounterCategory
{
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Removes an entire performance counter category.
 
    .DESCRIPTION
    Removes, with extreme prejudice, the performance counter category `CategoryName`. All its performance counters are also deleted. If the performance counter category doesn't exist, nothing happens. I hope you have good backups!
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Uninstall-PerformanceCounterCategory -CategoryName 'ToyotaCamry'
 
    Removes the `ToyotaCamry` performance counter category and all its performance counters. So sad!
    #>

    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]
        # The performance counter's category name that should be deleted.
        $CategoryName
    )
    
    if( (Test-PerformanceCounterCategory -CategoryName $CategoryName) )
    {
        if( $pscmdlet.ShouldProcess( $CategoryName, 'uninstall performance counter category' ) )
        {
            [Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterCategory]::Delete( $CategoryName )
        }
    }
}