Process priority change not showing up in Windows Task Manager

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I have a program that is cpu intensive so I want to change it's priority to
BelowNormal. The code functions without error, the VS Debugger shows the
change but when I then go to "Windows Task Manager" and look at my process it
still has a "Base Pri" of "Normal".

What thing am I missing?


C# Code snippet:

sWrk1 = Thread.CurrentThread.Priority.ToString();
Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = System.Threading.ThreadPriority.BelowNormal;
sWrk2 = Thread.CurrentThread.Priority.ToString();

At this point VS Debugger reports sWrk1 is "Normal" and sWrk2 is
"BelowNormal".

Thanks!
 
Norm said:
I have a program that is cpu intensive so I want to change it's priority to
BelowNormal. The code functions without error, the VS Debugger shows the
change but when I then go to "Windows Task Manager" and look at my process
it
still has a "Base Pri" of "Normal".

What thing am I missing?


C# Code snippet:

sWrk1 = Thread.CurrentThread.Priority.ToString();
Thread.CurrentThread.Priority =
System.Threading.ThreadPriority.BelowNormal;
sWrk2 = Thread.CurrentThread.Priority.ToString();

At this point VS Debugger reports sWrk1 is "Normal" and sWrk2 is
"BelowNormal".

Thanks!
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You are not changing the processes priority, you are changing the threads
priority.

you need to set the PriorityClass property on the Process object of your
process, like so

Process.GetCurrentProcess().PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.BelowNormal
 
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