[Windows] "PdhAddEnglishCounterW failed" when getting swap memory info

[artem78]

Summary

• OS: Windows 7 64bit
• Architecture: 64bit
• Psutil version: 5.9.5 - 7.1.3
• Python version: 3.8.20 (latest with W7 support)
• Type: core

Description

I know my system is outdated, but I hope anybody can fix this problem.

Sample code for demonstrate problem:

>>> import psutil
>>> psutil.swap_memory()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
    psutil.swap_memory()
  File "C:\Users\Artem\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\psutil\__init__.py", line 1992, in swap_memory
    return _psplatform.swap_memory()
  File "C:\Users\Artem\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\psutil\_pswindows.py", line 257, in swap_memory
    percentswap = cext.swap_percent()
RuntimeError: PdhAddEnglishCounterW failed. Performance counters may be disabled.

I checked different psutils versions and this problem first appeared in 5.9.5 version and still exists in latest version.