How to Make a Program Start at High Priority (Windows)

Open “Notepad” from the Start menu.WH.performance.mark('step1_rendered');

Open “Notepad” from the Start menu.

Type the following command into Notepad: Start “program name” /high “c:program files program locationprogram.exe”. Change replace 'program name' with the program you want to open with high priority (but keep the quotation marks). We use “windows internet explorer” in the example.

Type the following command into Notepad:

Save the notepad file. Go to File and chose Save As.

Save the notepad file.

Save the file as “iexplorer.bat” (or substitute whatever the title of your program is) and chose All Files from the “Save as type” option.

Save the file as “iexplorer.bat” (or substitute whatever the title of your program is) and chose All Files from the “Save as type” option.

Create a shortcut to your batch file. Right click to file and chose the Create Shortcut option.

Create a shortcut to your batch file.

Right click the shortcut file and select Properties.

Right click the shortcut file and select Properties.

Click the Layout tab.

Click the Layout tab.

Set your screen preferences. Set screen buffer size, width and height to 1. Set Windows size width and height to 1. Set Windows position left to -487 and top to 0. Click on OK.

Set your screen preferences.

Run your program as usual. You should notice that it goes faster.

Run your program as usual.