Under Windows 2000/XP and .NET there is the possibility to control the distribution of the Processor-performance, which can mean an increase in performance for some programs. This so-called CPU priority can be set in the Task Manager, which can be accessed via CTRL+ALT+DEL. Here you right-click on the respective application under Processes, e.g. Fusion.exe (the web design program NetObjects Fusion) and specify the distribution via Set Priority. Unfortunately, Windows does not remember this setting, but you can work around this as follows: You can easily create a batch file that serves as a shortcut and start the corresponding program with a preset priority.
Note: As batch files are based on DOS, it is (unfortunately) not possible to fully specify programs that are located in directories with spaces. Therefore, references to files with folder names such as C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player are only possible if you use a ~ (tilde) after 8 letters (CTRL+ALT+~).
Example:
Echo off
Start /high D:\POWERD~1.0\PowerDVD.exe
To find out what those files are called in the form of 8.3 file names (under DOS), go to the command prompt (Start menu/All programs/Accessories) and select dir /x enter.
To access the relevant directories, you must type cd DIRECTORY NAME (as in the example with programs). To change back one directory level, simply type cd... You can change the drive by simply typing the letter followed by a colon, e.g. D:, followed by Enter, which applies to all commands.
And this is how you proceed if you want to create a link including direct setting of the CPU priority:
1. Navigate to the Windows folder and create a new directory called Priority ruleswhich is to serve as the future center of the links. Now click here with the right mouse button and select New/Text document. Now write the following lines into this:
Echo off
Start /high C:\Programme\Trillian\trillian.exe
This is only an example link, which is why you must replace the path specification with your own path to the program.
Instead of the /high parameter, you can use the following options to set the CPU priority:
– /Realtime: Die gesamte Leistung wird der CPU zugeordnet, wobei ich dies nicht empfehlen kann, da das System sehr instabil werden könnte.
– /High: Die meiste Leistung der CPU wird für das Programm verwendet.
– /AboveNormal: Der Anwendung werden etwas mehr als die üblichen Prozessorressourcen zugeteilt (ca. 10-30 % über dem Durchschnitt).
– /Normal: Das sollte klar sein, wobei dies hier ja keinen Sinn macht, da es dir Standardeinstellung ist.
– /BelowNormal: Der Prozessor teilt nur halb soviele Ressourcen dem Programm zu, wie üblich.
– /Low: Der gewünschten Anwendung wird von der CPU kaum aufmerksamkeit geschenkt und sehr langsam verarbeitet.
2. Click on File/Save as and save this, as in our example, as Trillian.batwhere under File type still on All Files so that you can change the file extension from .txt to .bat.
3. create from the folder C:\WINDOWS\Priority rules Now create shortcuts to each of these .bat files on the desktop and label them with the icon of the corresponding program: Right-click on the file and select Properties wählen – daraufhin auf Change Icon and navigate to the program folder.
From now on, you can start your programs with the desired priority without having to use the task manager every time.
This trick was created in connection with an article in the forum, which was answered by the sensational B3n3.
NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.
