how to change process & thread priority on Win32 ?

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Re: how to change process & thread priority on Win32 ? by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 29, 2005 at 11:23 UTC
Hi rbutcher, You should check out the `SetPriorityClass` method of Win32::Process. However, perhaps the script you are running is not as efficient as it could be, in which case it would be better to benchmark your script and find out what is going on. Hope this helps. Martin	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: how to change process & thread priority on Win32 ? by rbutcher (Beadle) on Nov 29, 2005 at 13:24 UTC
Thanks Martin, I can set the process priority OK with $obj-> SetPriorityClass($priority) where $priority = 32, 16384 etc. But I can't make it set Thread Priority to 1, 0, -1 etc. The doco. says THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST, _IDLE, _LOWEST etc are "exported by default" - how do I use them ?	[reply]
Re^3: how to change process & thread priority on Win32 ? by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 29, 2005 at 13:34 UTC
Hi rbutcher, Try: `$obj->SetPriorityClass(THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST); # or THREAD_PRIORITY_ +LOWEST or whatever` [download] For future reference please use code tags in your posts. Check out How do I post a question effectively? for more information. Hope this helps. Martin	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: how to change process & thread priority on Win32 ? by rbutcher (Beadle) on Dec 08, 2005 at 06:48 UTC
Re^5: how to change process & thread priority on Win32 ? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 08, 2005 at 09:17 UTC
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Re: how to change process & thread priority on Win32 ? by zentara (Cardinal) on Nov 29, 2005 at 12:30 UTC
Check out use less 'CPU'; It might show you the way. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh	[reply]