Process-priority in Windows to permanently change
To start a program with a higher or lower priority, you need a so-called Batch-file used to start the program.
- Open "Run" with the key combination [Win] + [R], type in "notepad" and press Enter to confirm.
- Enter "start /high "Chrome" path". Instead of "high" you can also specify "low", "below normal", "normal", "above normal" or "realtime".
- As the path, specify the path to the desired program. For Google Chrome, that would be about "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe". In this case, you'd enter complete the following: start "Chrome" /High "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
- Click "file" - "Save as" and save the file, for example, on the Desktop. You give the Batch file a name and change the file extension in ".to bat". For Example, "Chrome Turbo.bat".
- So you don't need to run the file manually each Time with administrator rights, open the task planning. To do this, start again "Run" with [Win] + [R], type "taskschd.msc" and confirm with Enter.
- Click on "action" - "create task", enter a name, for example "Chrome" and check the Option "run With highest privileges".
- Go to the tab "actions" and click on "New".
- Click the "Browse" button, navigate to the path of the just created Batch file, select it, and close the task window with "OK".
- Switch to the Desktop, click with the right mouse button on a free space and select "New"- "shortcut".
- Enter as path "c:\windows\system32\schtasks.exe /RUN /TN "program name"". As the program name you choose in the planning of the task assigned name. Click "Next".
- Give the shortcut a name and finish the process. You can start the program now via the link with the selected priority.
Process priorities in Windows
How to open multiple Windows processes at once can exit, you will learn in our next CHIP practice tip.
