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    By Viney DhimanNovember 27, 2017Updated:June 18, 2021No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Looking for a way on how to set CPU Priority to prefer foreground apps in Windows 10? In this post, you will read about two ways to achieve the same thing.

    How to Set CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps in Windows 10

    Every single application that running in the background or the foreground of Windows 10 PC will be distributed with specific time from the CPU. The number of application it has to deal with at the same time, the less time it assigns to each app.

    The time is evenly allocated among all the apps, but the chances are that some higher priority apps get longer time leaving other apps no choice to share a very less time. It is expected that the application that manages to get maximum time from the CPU will run faster in comparison to the one with low priority apps.

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    How to Set CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps in Windows 10
    Set CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps using Control Panel
    Set CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps using Registry Editor

    How to Set CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps in Windows 10

    Due to this reason, there are lots of users who want to set CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps so that they can make then run faster. Here in this post, you will read about two possible ways on how to do that.

    So without further delay why don’t you start reading about them:

    Set CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps using Control Panel

    1. In the Start menu search bar type Control Panel and when the same desktop app appears in the search results click to open it.

    launch control panel in windows 10

    2. Here in this window of Control panel, you need to click on the System,

    system settings windows 10

    And then click on the link which reads “Advanced system settings” available on the top left side of System window.

    advanced system settings in windows 10

    This will launch the “System Properties window”.

    3.  In the System Properties window, you need to click on the Settings button listed under Performance section.

    performance settings windows 10

    This will launch Performance option window. Here you need to switch to Advanced tab.

    4. After that navigate to option which reads “Adjust the best performance for:” Here make sure the Program is selected instead of Background services.

    adjust best performance for programs

    Note: By default, Program is selected already. In this situation, there is no need to make any changes as the system is already optimized for prefer apps.

    5. After that click on Apply and then OK to finish.

    Set CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps using Registry Editor

    1. In the Start menu search bar type “regedit” and when run command appears in the search result click to open it.

    launch Registry Editor in windows 10

    When UAC dialogue box appears, click Yes to continue. This will launch the Registry Editor.

    2. Here in the Registry Editor address bar, you need to copy and paste following address to reach the particular registry quickly.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl

     

    address bar registry editor

    In case, Registry Editor address bar is missing, then navigate to the following registry manually.

    priority control key

    3. Here on the right pane of the PriorityControl key, you will find out DWORD (32-bit) value named as Win32PrioritySeparation. You just need to change its value to change CPU Priority to Prefer Foreground Apps

    Win32PrioritySeparation value data in windows 10

    For that, double-click on Win32PrioritySeparation DWORD value and you will find out that by default it has value data 2.

    Now if you want to adjust the best performance for foreground apps in Windows 10, then set its value data to 26.

    adjust best performance of Windows for foreground apps

    Click OK.

    In case, you just want to adjust the performance of background process or services of Windows 10, then set its value data to 18.

    adjust best performance of Windows for background processes or services

    Click OK.

    That’s it.

    So above are the two ways on how to set CPU priority to prefer foreground apps to Windows 10. Depending on the requirement you can take help of these methods to change CPU priority in between foreground and background apps.

    In case, you have any query or suggestion related to this tutorial drop it in the comment section.

    Please do not hesitate to Contact me on Twitter if you want assistance with issue related to Windows 11, Windows 10, and Edge browser. I will try my best to assist you ASAP. (Follow me first and then PM your issue on Twitter)

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