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Priority Class

Highest priority class the job and its children can receive.

Additional information

Description

Usage

Optional

Format

List box.

Valid values:

  • IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS
  • BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
  • NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
  • ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
  • HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS
  • REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS

Variable Name

%%WIN2K-PRIORITY_CLASS

The calling process must enable the SE_INC_BASE_PRIORITY_NAME privilege so that the calling process is allowed to boost the scheduling priority of a process.

Parent Topic

Microsoft Windows parameters overview