Need a batch file set priority

[Guest n o s p a m p l e a s e]

My OS is WInXP. I have an application. I want to set its priority to

below normal or low after I start this application.

 

I desire to do it through a batch file. How can I do it?

 

Thanx/NSP

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Need a batch file set priority

 

You would need to do it through scripting. A batch file can't do it

after the application has started.

 

n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote:

> My OS is WInXP. I have an application. I want to set its priority to

> below normal or low after I start this application.

>

> I desire to do it through a batch file. How can I do it?

>

> Thanx/NSP

[Guest n o s p a m p l e a s e]

Re: Need a batch file set priority

 

On Aug 29, 3:01 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> You would need to do it through scripting. A batch file can't do it

> after the application has started.

 

How to do it? Any suggestions!

 

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> n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote:

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> > My OS is WInXP. I have an application. I want to set its priority to

> > below normal or low after I start this application.

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> > I desire to do it through a batch file. How can I do it?

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> > Thanx/NSP- Hide quoted text -

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[Guest Bob I]

Re: Need a batch file set priority

 

Try one of the scripting groups, I'd suggest Windows Scripting Host.

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?guid=86d2a4c6-188f-4cda-9c9d-3dc22d5009f5

 

n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote:

> On Aug 29, 3:01 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>You would need to do it through scripting. A batch file can't do it

>>after the application has started.

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>

> How to do it? Any suggestions!

>

>

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>>n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote:

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>>>My OS is WInXP. I have an application. I want to set its priority to

>>>below normal or low after I start this application.

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>>>I desire to do it through a batch file. How can I do it?

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>>>Thanx/NSP- Hide quoted text -

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[Guest ju.c]

Re: Need a batch file set priority

 

Use START.

 

Open the Run box and enter: cmd

In the Command Window type start /?

 

 

Your shortcut would be like this:

START "program.exe" /D"C:\Program Files\Program\" /BELOWNORMAL

 

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START ["title"] [/Dpath] [/i] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/sEPARATE | /SHARED]

[/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL]

[/WAIT] [/b] [command/program]

[parameters]

 

"title" Title to display in window title bar.

path Starting directory

B Start application without creating a new window. The

application has ^C handling ignored. Unless the application

enables ^C processing, ^Break is the only way to interrupt

the application

I The new environment will be the original environment passed

to the cmd.exe and not the current environment.

MIN Start window minimized

MAX Start window maximized

SEPARATE Start 16-bit Windows program in separate memory space

SHARED Start 16-bit Windows program in shared memory space

LOW Start application in the IDLE priority class

NORMAL Start application in the NORMAL priority class

HIGH Start application in the HIGH priority class

REALTIME Start application in the REALTIME priority class

ABOVENORMAL Start application in the ABOVENORMAL priority class

BELOWNORMAL Start application in the BELOWNORMAL priority class

WAIT Start application and wait for it to terminate

command/program

If it is an internal cmd command or a batch file then

the command processor is run with the /K switch to cmd.exe.

This means that the window will remain after the command

has been run.

 

If it is not an internal cmd command or batch file then

it is a program and will run as either a windowed application

or a console application.

 

parameters These are the parameters passed to the command/program

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ju.c

 

 

"n o s p a m p l e a s e" <nospam.please@alum.com> wrote in message

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> My OS is WInXP. I have an application. I want to set its priority to

> below normal or low after I start this application.

>

> I desire to do it through a batch file. How can I do it?

>

> Thanx/NSP

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Need a batch file set priority

 

That won't work AFTER the program is already running, as per the request.

 

ju.c wrote:

> Use START.

>

> Open the Run box and enter: cmd

> In the Command Window type start /?

>

>

> Your shortcut would be like this:

> START "program.exe" /D"C:\Program Files\Program\" /BELOWNORMAL

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

> START ["title"] [/Dpath] [/i] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/sEPARATE | /SHARED]

> [/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL]

> [/WAIT] [/b] [command/program]

> [parameters]

>

> "title" Title to display in window title bar.

> path Starting directory

> B Start application without creating a new window. The

> application has ^C handling ignored. Unless the application

> enables ^C processing, ^Break is the only way to interrupt

> the application

> I The new environment will be the original environment passed

> to the cmd.exe and not the current environment.

> MIN Start window minimized

> MAX Start window maximized

> SEPARATE Start 16-bit Windows program in separate memory space

> SHARED Start 16-bit Windows program in shared memory space

> LOW Start application in the IDLE priority class

> NORMAL Start application in the NORMAL priority class

> HIGH Start application in the HIGH priority class

> REALTIME Start application in the REALTIME priority class

> ABOVENORMAL Start application in the ABOVENORMAL priority class

> BELOWNORMAL Start application in the BELOWNORMAL priority class

> WAIT Start application and wait for it to terminate

> command/program

> If it is an internal cmd command or a batch file then

> the command processor is run with the /K switch to cmd.exe.

> This means that the window will remain after the command

> has been run.

>

> If it is not an internal cmd command or batch file then

> it is a program and will run as either a windowed

> application

> or a console application.

>

> parameters These are the parameters passed to the command/program

> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

>

>

> ju.c

>

>

> "n o s p a m p l e a s e" <nospam.please@alum.com> wrote in message

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>

>> My OS is WInXP. I have an application. I want to set its priority to

>> below normal or low after I start this application.

>>

>> I desire to do it through a batch file. How can I do it?

>>

>> Thanx/NSP

>

>

[Guest Alec S.]

Re: Need a batch file set priority

 

n o s p a m p l e a s e wrote (in

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> My OS is WInXP. I have an application. I want to set its priority to

> below normal or low after I start this application.

>

> I desire to do it through a batch file. How can I do it?

 

Windows comes with apps to view and kill processes from the command line, but it

does not seem to come with one to change priority so you’ll need a copy of a

process manipulation app. The one I use is PV from Igor Nys because it is quite

powerful, but there other plenty of others like “Command Line Process

Viewer/Killer/Suspender” from BeyondLogic, etc.

 

Just put the app in your path, view the app’s docs to see how it changes

priority, and use that command.

 

For example, with PV, I would use:

 

pv -pi calc.exe

 

To set the Calculator to idle priority.

 

 

HTH

 

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Alec S.

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