Windows 10: Starting Application With Affinity

Greetings

Windows 10 1909

I would like to start an application setting its affinity and priority.

I currently have several applications setup to run from a batch file with high priority. The batch file to run with high priority is as follows:

start "" "F:\My Music\Program Files\Programs\folder\foo.exe"

TIMEOUT 5

wmic process where name="foo.exe" CALL setpriority 128

exit

That works for most applications. Where it doesn't, I run the program with the /high argument and delete the wmic line in the batch file. NOTE: obviously, I have changed the application name and its immediate containing folder

Anyway, I have looked on several sights to learn how to set the affinity of the application on startup, from a batch file. Nothing seems to work. I am sure I am doing something wrong. I created a batch file to run the program using the first 2 cores. Based on what I read regarding affinity, I setup the batch file this way:start "" /affinity 0x2 "F:\My Music\Program Files\Programs\program\foo.exe"TIMEOUT 5

wmic process where name="foo.exe" CALL setpriority 128

exit

When I run this, the program opens. I check task manager: right click the process, go to details, right click then click on priority and it is set to high as expected. Then I click on set affinity. All cores are checked (not what I want). What I typed in the batch file did not deactivate any cores.

Could anyone show me how to setup a batch file that would set the affinity and the priority? If you can, please do it with a program like notepad.exe and any filename, so that I could see it work.

Thanks for reading this. Thanks for your help.

Graham

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Affinity Photo Reinstall

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Follow the below mentioned steps to install Affinity Photo:

1. Open the Windows Store app from the Start menu.

2. Sign in with the Microsoft account through which you made the purchase.

3. Search for Affinity Photo in the search bar.

4. Select the Affinity photo application from the search result.

5. Click on Install button to install the application.

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Application Processor Affinity Problem

Excellent! While the problem is solved, that is a very useful article. Thank You! Funny thing is, I'm frequent visitor to SevenForums and never crossed paths with that page.

Ruled out the hardware as no other programs are being affected in such a way.

 

CPU / CPU Processor problems / Processor affinity

We appreciate the information you provided. Your processor is working as expected. CPU affinity is only showing CPU (0) since 1 processor is working at the moment. It's very likely that your computer is using a balanced power plan, so we suggest changing
your power plan to High Performance by following these steps:

• Right-click Start.
• Click Power Options.
• Choose High Performance.

In addition to that, we recommend installing the latest updates to keep your system current and secure. Go to
Start > Settings > Update & Security > Check for updates.

Some programs may also be automatically launching whenever you boot your computer, affecting the performance. To disable them, follow these steps:

• Right-click your taskbar.
• Click Task Manager.
• Under the Startup tab, find the programs that you don't need.
• Right-click the program and choose Disable.

You're also using your computer for a game that was designed to run on an earlier version of Windows, so it's possible that it's slowing down your computer. In this case, use the Compatibility Troubleshooter to find and fix problems with the program using
these steps:

• Click Start.
• Type Troubleshooting and press Enter.
• Click Run programs made for previous versions of Windows.
• Click Next.
• Choose the program from the list and click Next.

Let us know if you need further assistance with your computer.