How can i use processexplorer to permanently change the 'priority' of an application/set of processes.

David McCann 0 Reputation points
2024-05-31T14:31:08.07+00:00

(Eg, i want my bing wall paper app to be run and take resources only if nothing i'm working on needs those resources)

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  1. MotoX80 34,681 Reputation points
    2024-05-31T15:08:51.5233333+00:00

    I don't think that you can. The solution that I found was to use the task scheduler to periodically run a Powershell script.

    Get-Process -Name notepad | ForEach { $_.PriorityClass = "BelowNormal"}      # or use 'Idle' 
    
    
    

    Set the task to run as the system account and define various triggers like 'logon of any user' or at a specific time every day. You might have to add a Start-Sleep to wait until the exe starts during the user logon process.

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