Always run a program with low priority

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Is it possible to configure a program so that it defaults to running in low
priority rather than normal?

I know you can set the priority once a program is started by opening the
task manager, go to processes, right click on the one I want, and setting
the priority, but I'd like to be able to tell XP to always run a particular
program in low priority rather than having to keep setting it every time its
run.

Thanks !

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"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
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> cranberry girl wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to configure a program so that it defaults to running in
>> low priority rather than normal?
>>
>> I know you can set the priority once a program is started by opening the
>> task manager, go to processes, right click on the one I want, and setting
>> the priority, but I'd like to be able to tell XP to always run a
>> particular program in low priority rather than having to keep setting it
>> every time its run.
>>
>> Thanks !
> Hi,
>
>
> Starting Notepad with low priority:
>
>
> %comspec% /c start /low notepad.exe
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] fault.mspx

Thanks for that Torgeir; much appreciated

I've created a .bat file (just a normal text file with .bat at the end of
the file name instead of .txt) with the following lines:

cd "C:\Program Files\GreedyApp"
%comspec% /c start /low greedyapp.exe

and it works perfectly :-)

Thanks

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"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
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> cranberry girl wrote:
>
>> "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for that Torgeir; much appreciated
>>
>> I've created a .bat file (just a normal text file with .bat at the
>> end of the file name instead of .txt) with the following lines:
>>
>> cd "C:\Program Files\GreedyApp"
>> %comspec% /c start /low greedyapp.exe
>>
>> and it works perfectly :-)
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Your welcome.
>
> Note that when doing this in a batch file, you don't need the
> %comspec% /c part (as the batch file will run under %comspec%).
>
> So this will also work in your batch file:
>
> cd /D "%ProgramFiles%\GreedyApp"
> start /low greedyapp.exe
>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/s [...] fault.mspx

Thanks Torgeir - that worked too and was quicker to load too - many thanks
:-)