From 4905f366c2d37e7669a9022c021f3b370278c463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anipik <anirudhagnihotry098@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:53:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] using local machine

---
 .../src/System/Diagnostics/SharedUtils.cs                   | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter/src/System/Diagnostics/SharedUtils.cs b/src/System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter/src/System/Diagnostics/SharedUtils.cs
index 9ddb161e0413..3d20b23b2dcc 100644
--- a/src/System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter/src/System/Diagnostics/SharedUtils.cs
+++ b/src/System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter/src/System/Diagnostics/SharedUtils.cs
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ internal static string GetLatestBuildDllDirectory(string machineName)
 
             try
             {
-                baseKey = RegistryKey.OpenRemoteBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, machineName);
+                if (machineName == ".")
+                    baseKey = Registry.LocalMachine;
+                else
+                    baseKey = RegistryKey.OpenRemoteBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, machineName);
+
                 if (baseKey == null)
                     throw new InvalidOperationException(SR.Format(SR.RegKeyMissingShort, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", machineName));