GPU Performance Analyzer fails on Windows with error message: Missing application output file

After installing Nsight system and set up Nvidia tools extension enviroment variable NVTOOLSEXT_PATH to 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvToolsExt', it still errors out:

Error using gpuPerformanceAnalyzer

Missing application output file: C:\Users\chaoluo\AppData\Local\Temp\tpc9ff23cc_af7f_4369_952b_fe1bfda4effc_foo_serverPort.info.

Answer 1

[Chao Luo]

It is a bug will be fixed in 23a update. Current workaround is adding a trailing \ to NVTOOLSEXT_PATH by setting it to 'C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvToolsExt\'