To make it ctf it is sufficient to zip the complete folder, rename to ctf and load it in WPA? I have tried that but I get then
Unable to process 'file:///C:/basic-kernel-analysis/kernel.ctf': System.Exception: No events - failure processing .ctf
at PerfCds.PerfSourceParser.ProcessSource(ISourceDataProcessor`3 dataProcessor, ILogger logger, IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\1\s\Microsoft-Performance-Tools-Linux\PerfCds\PerfSourceParser.cs:line 132
at Microsoft.Performance.SDK.Runtime.Extensibility.SourceProcessingSession`3.ProcessSource(ILogger logger, IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Performance.SDK.Processing.CustomDataProcessorBaseWithSourceParser`3.ProcessAsyncCore(IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Performance.SDK.Processing.CustomDataProcessorBase.ProcessAsync(IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Performance.SDK.Runtime.CustomDataSourceExecutor.ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Unable to process 'file:///C:/basic-kernel-analysis/kernel.ctf': System.Exception: No events - failure processing .ctf
at LTTngCds.LTTngSourceParser.ProcessSource(ISourceDataProcessor`3 dataProcessor, ILogger logger, IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\1\s\Microsoft-Performance-Tools-Linux\LTTngCds\LTTngSourceParser.cs:line 135
at Microsoft.Performance.SDK.Runtime.Extensibility.SourceProcessingSession`3.ProcessSource(ILogger logger, IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Performance.SDK.Processing.CustomDataProcessorBaseWithSourceParser`3.ProcessAsyncCore(IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Performance.SDK.Processing.CustomDataProcessorBase.ProcessAsync(IProgress`1 progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.Performance.SDK.Runtime.CustomDataSourceExecutor.ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Unable to process any data sources.
I have copied the extensions of your drop to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Windows Performance Toolkit\CustomDataSources\MicrosoftPerfToolkitAddins". WPA comes then up properly.