Set the priority of a running program

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I have been looking around for this answer for some time now how do you set the prioty of a running program in vb.net so for example notepad?
Please help I can't find the answer anywere. :doh:

Posted 21-Jun-10 20:50pm

christian_king

Updated 21-Jun-10 21:28pm

Abhinav S

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2010-06-21T21:27:00

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This link shows us ways to do this through unmanaged code.

You could use the process class to access a process and then set the priority for e.g. something like

VB

Dim myprocess As New System.Diagnostics.Process()
myprocess.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\myprogram.exe"
myprocess.Start()
myprocess.PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.High
Environment.Exit(1)

Posted 21-Jun-10 21:27pm

Abhinav S

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christian_king 22-Jun-10 11:08am

This dosent work it opens up notepad and changes the priority to high. But how do you set the priority of a program that is already opened to high?
Thank You :)