Is there a way, when running a program, to specify what priority level
this process will have when it opens? I use dBpowerAMP and when it runs
I noticed that it automatically has a High priority level. Why, I don't
know; it is unneccessary. It slows down my whole system sometimes too
and I want to run it with a priority level of Normal rather than open
the task manager every time I start the program, and change the
priority manually.
Any help would be appreciated, and please, no suggestions to use a
different player.
Thanks.

"tblack" <tblack228-msc@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Is there a way, when running a program, to specify what priority level
>this process will have when it opens?

Use the START command to run the application.
Type
START /?
at a DOS prompt for more help with this.

tblack wrote:
> Is there a way, when running a program, to specify what priority
> level this process will have when it opens? I use dBpowerAMP and
> when it runs I noticed that it automatically has a High priority
> level. Why, I don't know; it is unneccessary. It slows down my
> whole system sometimes too and I want to run it with a priority
> level of Normal rather than open the task manager every time I
> start the program, and change the priority manually.
> Any help would be appreciated, and please, no suggestions to use a
> different player.

The last one is probably the one you want.

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..
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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.
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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/Oper..._20719700.html
Interesting read.

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

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

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