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Auto-set priority for programs?

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  1. 2005/01/31
    Homer J

    Homer J Inactive Thread Starter

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    Is it possible to have certain programs load with their CPU priority auto-set?
    With 2 programs I use every day the priority for one needs to be set higher, the other lower. I need to do this manually every time which is a pain. Is there some Windows paramater to add to the .exe or something?
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    This tweak will launch most executables with the priority setting you want it to have.

    Let's say you have a game installed called HIGH NEEDS and the executable is called HN.exe

    Here's what to do:

    -Create a new textfile in the game-app wathever-directory (let's say C:\HN), but instead of giving it the .txt extension you name it HN.bat
    -Right-click this file and choose 'Edit', you'll see it'll open notepad. Put this line in:
    cmd /c start /High HN.exe
    -Save (make sure you save it as .bat, not as .txt) and close.

    Now create a shortcut to this file and place it on your desktop. Every time you doubleclick this shortcut HIGH NEEDS will open with priority set to 'high'. (ofcourse you can also create a batchfile on your desktop, containing the full path of the app you want to start but the nice thing of creating a shortcut is you can give it an icon).

    These are all the settings: Realtime, High, AboveNormal, Normal, BelowNormal, Low.

    *Realtime is not recommended unless you have a dual-CPU system!
    http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1892.aspx
     
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  4. 2005/01/31
    Homer J

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    Steve,

    Thanks very much for your reply - very interesting.

    One of the programs (powerpro) I want to auto-run at start-up. The .bat file works fine from the desktop short-cut as you suggested, but I've been trying unsuccessfully to get it to run when the computer starts. Is there a way to do this? (The normal program usually runs at start-up.)

    For some reason somethings going on with the other program (Filemaker). The .bat file makes the little run window that appears continually create itself endlessly until I hit control-break to stop it. The bat file is:
    cmd /c start /BelowNormal Filemaker Pro.exe

    The only difference I can see between that and the other one is the filemaker exe contains a space. Don't know if that's relevant or not. Any suggestions?
     
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  5. 2005/02/01
    Steve R Jones

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    Might try putting the bat file in the startup folder..

    Apparently, not all applications will let you set the priority. Outlook wouldn't even open when I tried it..

    Another tweak to help programs load faster is to add /prefetch:1 in the shorcut:

    "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:1
     
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    Homer J

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    Thanks Steve, much appreciated.
     
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