changing priority level of programs

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How does one change the priority of a program other than going into
task manager. The reason I ask is that I have a couple of programs
that are disk intensive and when they are running my foreground
program is very unresponsive. I can go into task manager and lower
their priority which helps greatly and both runs fairly well.
However I have to do this every time, so hence I would like to be able
to specify a run time priority from the shortcut.
 
spamkill said:
How does one change the priority of a program other than going into
task manager. The reason I ask is that I have a couple of programs
that are disk intensive and when they are running my foreground
program is very unresponsive. I can go into task manager and lower
their priority which helps greatly and both runs fairly well.
However I have to do this every time, so hence I would like to be
able to specify a run time priority from the shortcut.
Click to expand...

You can control most applications "priority level" in the task manager
(CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) under the processes tab. Right click on the name and "Set
Priority".

Notes directly from Windows Help..
-----
To change the priority of a running program
- On the Processes tab, right-click the program you want to change, point
to Set Priority, and then click the command you want.
Notes
- To view the priority of running programs, on the Processes tab, on the
View menu, click Select Columns. In the Select Columns dialog box, select
the Base Priority check box, and then click OK.
- Changing the priority of a process can make it run faster or slower
(depending on whether you raise or lower the priority), but it can also
adversely affect the performance of other processes.
------


If you have multiple processors, you can set processor affinity and point a
process to a certain processor.


You can also look here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20719700.html
Interesting read.

Also I learned about "ThreadMaster" lately - althoughg it may do what you
want - I think it may only do it on a server OS.
http://threadmaster.tripod.com/
 
You can control most applications "priority level" in the task manager
(CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) under the processes tab. Right click on the name and "Set
Priority".

Notes directly from Windows Help..
-----
To change the priority of a running program
- On the Processes tab, right-click the program you want to change, point
to Set Priority, and then click the command you want.
Notes
- To view the priority of running programs, on the Processes tab, on the
View menu, click Select Columns. In the Select Columns dialog box, select
the Base Priority check box, and then click OK.
- Changing the priority of a process can make it run faster or slower
(depending on whether you raise or lower the priority), but it can also
adversely affect the performance of other processes.
------


If you have multiple processors, you can set processor affinity and point a
process to a certain processor.


You can also look here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20719700.html
Interesting read.

Also I learned about "ThreadMaster" lately - althoughg it may do what you
want - I think it may only do it on a server OS.
http://threadmaster.tripod.com/
Click to expand...

Yes I understand that I can change it in task manager. Notice I said
that is how I presently do it. What I am looking for is how to assign
priority so that upon clicking on a icon it returns to the level that
it was set to before. Anytime now I quit the program or shutdown and
restart I have to open task manager and adjust. I will check deeper
into the links and see if I can do this. Thanks.
 
spamkill said:
How does one change the priority of a program other than going
into task manager. The reason I ask is that I have a couple of
programs that are disk intensive and when they are running my
foreground program is very unresponsive. I can go into task
manager and lower their priority which helps greatly and both
runs fairly well. However I have to do this every time, so hence
I would like to be able to specify a run time priority from the
shortcut.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
You can control most applications "priority level" in the task
manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) under the processes tab. Right click on
the name and "Set Priority".

Notes directly from Windows Help..
-----
To change the priority of a running program
- On the Processes tab, right-click the program you want to
change, point to Set Priority, and then click the command you want.
Notes
- To view the priority of running programs, on the Processes tab,
on the View menu, click Select Columns. In the Select Columns
dialog box, select the Base Priority check box, and then click OK.
- Changing the priority of a process can make it run faster or
slower (depending on whether you raise or lower the priority), but
it can also adversely affect the performance of other processes.
------

If you have multiple processors, you can set processor affinity
and point a process to a certain processor.


You can also look here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20719700.html
Interesting read.

Also I learned about "ThreadMaster" lately - althoughg it may do
what you want - I think it may only do it on a server OS.
http://threadmaster.tripod.com/
Click to expand...
Yes I understand that I can change it in task manager. Notice I
said that is how I presently do it. What I am looking for is how
to assign priority so that upon clicking on a icon it returns to
the level that it was set to before. Anytime now I quit the
program or shutdown and restart I have to open task manager and
adjust. I will check deeper into the links and see if I can do
this. Thanks.
Click to expand...

The reason I gave you the task manager was two-fold.. One - to cover it for
everyone who might read this thread in the future and Two - so you could
know a quicker way to access the Task Manager in case you could not find a
way to set priority in another way.

Try this as well.
http://www.jsifaq.com/subO/tip7100/rh7127.htm
 
Hello SpamKiller,

Don't you just hate it when some idiot responds with a canned answer that
shows that they obviously didn't bother to read what they are responding to?

The answer you seek is fairly simple.

The key is the command line "START".

You can make a simple batch file that utilizes the START command to launch
the program in any of the priorities you desire.

You seem like a fairly intelligent person since you understand about
priorities and how to modify them in the gui, so I will leave it at that.
If you find yourself stuck, post again and I will give a cookbook recipe on
how to acomplish this task using solitaire as the target.

--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.
 
Manny said:
Don't you just hate it when some idiot responds with a canned
answer that shows that they obviously didn't bother to read what
they are responding to?
Click to expand...

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