What command can be used to start a program with a lower scheduling priority?

Question

What command can be used to start a program with a lower scheduling priority?

Answer 1

nice

EDIT: I'm not sure why someone gave a thumbs down, but if you're using Linux, "nice" allows you to run a program with a modified scheduling priority, e.g.:

nice -n 10 foo

The number is the "niceness", which ranges from -20 (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable).

Answer 2

If your talking about windows your can use the "Start" command to launch a program in a lower priority.

for example:

Start /Low notepad will launch notepad with an idle priority.

Start /BELOWNORMAL notepad will launch notepad with a priority one degree below normal.

Different versions of windows allow for different switches so I would open a command prompt (cmd from the run line, you can press the windows key and "r" to open the run line) and type "start /?"

hope this helps