howto: Make priority, & affinity settings PERMANENT for an app

[CyberDeus-RagDoll]

Ok..
This question applies, for me at least, to Windows XP Pro, SP2 & Vista Ultimate.


Is there any way to set that a specific process, say, for example, nero.exe has affinity for cpu3 [4th core on my qx6700] and is priority "BelowNormal" - PERMANENTLY?

I'm using nero as an example, because during burns, I can check the priority setting, and it'll jump from "normal" to "High" at various times.

Is there a way to limit processing power, to a specific app, without having to uncheck 3 cores every single damn time I run the thing?

 

[Josh_B]

Write a batch script that launches the app at a given priority setting.
I don't know if you can set the affinity this way, though.

 

[PurpleFlux]

First I'll warn I haven't tried this program, but check out the Task Assign program from one of their articles or get the file from the direct link here.

As for priority, it sounds like nero is changing it dynamically itself, and I'm not sure if you can override that or not.

 

[PurpleFlux]

Oh and here is another program called ImageCFG which you would use via batch script or a modified shortcut, which you might prefer.