Windows Equivalent of 'nice'

Question

Is there a Windows equivalent of the Unix command, nice?

I\'m specifically looking for something I can use at the command line, and not the

Answer 1

If you use PowerShell, you could write a script that let you change the priority of a process. I found the following PowerShell function on the Monad blog:

function set-ProcessPriority { 
    param($processName = $(throw "Enter process name"), $priority = "Normal")

    get-process -processname $processname | foreach { $_.PriorityClass = $priority }
    write-host "`"$($processName)`"'s priority is set to `"$($priority)`""
}

From the PowerShell prompt, you would do something line:

set-ProcessPriority SomeProcessName "High"