Setting thread priority in VB ActiveX Exe

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Dan - 25 Mar 2005 03:22 GMT

I'm trying to lower the priority of a VB6 activeX exe with code like the
following:

SetPriorityClass GetCurrentProcess, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
SetThreadPriority GetCurrentThread, THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL

The return codes on the calls look okay, but when I look at the process in
the task manager, the priority remains the same. Anybody know what's going
on?

Dan

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Igor Tandetnik - 25 Mar 2005 16:45 GMT

> I'm trying to lower the priority of a VB6 activeX exe with code like
> the following:
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> process in the task manager, the priority remains the same. Anybody
> know what's going on?

As far as I can tell, Task manager only shows process priority, not
thread priority. So, are you saying Task Manager shows something other
than Normal for your process?

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Setting thread priority in VB ActiveX Exe