How to start a program at low priority?

S

Susan Rice

I have a desktop wheather application that displays the temperature in
the system tray. I starts automatically on boot. It's in All Programs
-> Startup. I'd like to set it's priority to Low, which I can do
in Windows Task Manager.

Is there a way I can have it start automatically with a low priority,
so I don't have to set it to Low manually with Windows Task Manager?
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi Susan,

The Start command (from a Command Prompt) can start a program at specified priority levels. Create a batch file with the following line:

%comspec% /c start /LOW <program>.exe

And place the file in the Startup folder.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I have a desktop wheather application that displays the temperature in
the system tray. I starts automatically on boot. It's in All Programs
-> Startup. I'd like to set it's priority to Low, which I can do
in Windows Task Manager.

Is there a way I can have it start automatically with a low priority,
so I don't have to set it to Low manually with Windows Task Manager?
 

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