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Starting task manager with high priority

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Hi,
Task Manager in Windows 8.1 starts with normal priority when invoked usng Shift-Ctrl-Esc or Ctrl-Alt-Delete.In prev. OSes it started with high prioritym which helped a lot when it was necessary to kill/lower priority/lower affinity of some misbehaving proces. This gets pretty tough in 8.1
Question is obvious: is there a setting to make taskmgr run with high priority in Win 8.1?
Thanks, this is actually question of one of my students and I couldn't find solution.
MP
- Changed type Brandon Records Tuesday, February 3, 2015 4:06 PM Discussion of TaskMgr behavior.
Monday, January 19, 2015 12:23 PM
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Question is obvious: is there a setting to make taskmgr run with high priority in Win 8.1?
Try using the Start command? There are switches on it which look like they will do what you want. ; )
Good luck
Robert Aldwinckle
---Monday, January 19, 2015 6:45 PM -
Robert,
i sure know how to use start command. I believe I could evenAlthough not explicitely specified, the high priority is obviously needed when the system is 101% loaded and even just starting just task manager using shift-ctrl-esc takes years. I don't think wrapping task manager with anything else will finish within user's current live :/
I hope both the question and reason is clear
MP
Monday, January 19, 2015 7:43 PM -
just starting just task manager using shift-ctrl-esc takes years.
In that case don't use that keyboard shortcut, use Ctrl-Alt-Delete, End, Enter
However, why couldn't you also have a keyboard shortcut (JIC) which would do the Start command? <eg>
Robert Aldwinckle
---Monday, January 19, 2015 11:34 PM -
In that case don't use that keyboard shortcut, use Ctrl-Alt-Delete, End, Enter
Does this really run task manager with high priority on your Windows 8.1?
MP
P.S. using start with higher than normal priority requires UAC/Admin rights. So ... i'm in situation when mouse hardly moves, keyboard lags and you advice me to use shortcut that starts elevated cmd.exe /c start /high ... that's not gonna finish the same year as invoked. But seriously: do you have an idea why priority of invoked taskmgr.exe changed between Win7 and Win8?
- Edited by Miroslav Prágl Tuesday, January 20, 2015 12:29 AM
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 12:04 AM -
Does this really run task manager with high priority on your Windows 8.1?
Robert Aldwinckle
---Tuesday, January 20, 2015 1:30 AM -
Robert,
the main issue is not HOW TO INVOKE task manager, but how to invoke it with HIGH PRIORITY (same as in Win 7)
Thx
MP
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 6:12 PM