Is there any util that allows you to force XP into using certain priorities for certain programs, rather than having to do it manually through the TM every time I use the programs? Like with Winrar I'm sick of having to lower its priority so that other progs don't freeze while Winrar is working - I'd prefer to have XP lower the priority itself every time I open Winrar.
Program priorities in XP Task Manager...
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Or you could alter the shortcut to the exe, cant remember the switch usage exactly, something like /belownormal to make it one lower etc
You can use the start command in a .bat file or something like that.
So you'll make a .bat, in it write something like:
Code:
Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.
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/programSo you'll make a .bat, in it write something like:
Code:
start "blahprogram title" /D "c:\program files\blahprogramfolder" /LOW "c:\program files\blahprogramfolder\blahblah.exe"@ Bart - Thx m8 but like smant I don't have that option, in proc exp or TM 
@ Mym - Would surely work but only if I open the program from its root, rather than from a file. I tend to open apps via files, which would skip the shortcut, thereby having no effect on the switch.
@ pinny - You've spoken to me before, what on earth made you think I could understand a single character in that post? Thx anyway but it's way over my head
@ Mym - Would surely work but only if I open the program from its root, rather than from a file. I tend to open apps via files, which would skip the shortcut, thereby having no effect on the switch.
@ pinny - You've spoken to me before, what on earth made you think I could understand a single character in that post? Thx anyway but it's way over my head
