Process.PriorityClass Property

public:
 property System::Diagnostics::ProcessPriorityClass PriorityClass { System::Diagnostics::ProcessPriorityClass get(); void set(System::Diagnostics::ProcessPriorityClass value); };

public System.Diagnostics.ProcessPriorityClass PriorityClass { get; set; }

member this.PriorityClass : System.Diagnostics.ProcessPriorityClass with get, set

Public Property PriorityClass As ProcessPriorityClass

Property Value

The priority category for the associated process, from which the BasePriority of the process is calculated.

Exceptions

Examples

The following example starts an instance of Notepad. The example then retrieves and displays various properties of the associated process. The example detects when the process exits, and displays the process's exit code.

#using <system.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
int main()
{
   
   // Define variables to track the peak
   // memory usage of the process.
   _int64 peakPagedMem = 0,peakWorkingSet = 0,peakVirtualMem = 0;
   Process^ myProcess = nullptr;
   try
   {
      
      // Start the process.
      myProcess = Process::Start( "NotePad.exe" );
      
      // Display the process statistics until
      // the user closes the program.
      do
      {
         if (  !myProcess->HasExited )
         {
            
            // Refresh the current process property values.
            myProcess->Refresh();
            Console::WriteLine();
            
            // Display current process statistics.
            Console::WriteLine( "{0} -", myProcess );
            Console::WriteLine( "-------------------------------------" );
            Console::WriteLine( "  physical memory usage: {0}", myProcess->WorkingSet64 );
            Console::WriteLine( "  base priority: {0}", myProcess->BasePriority );
            Console::WriteLine( "  priority class: {0}", myProcess->PriorityClass );
            Console::WriteLine( "  user processor time: {0}", myProcess->UserProcessorTime );
            Console::WriteLine( "  privileged processor time: {0}", myProcess->PrivilegedProcessorTime );
            Console::WriteLine( "  total processor time: {0}", myProcess->TotalProcessorTime );
            Console::WriteLine("  PagedSystemMemorySize64: {0}", myProcess->PagedSystemMemorySize64);
            Console::WriteLine("  PagedMemorySize64: {0}", myProcess->PagedMemorySize64);
            
            // Update the values for the overall peak memory statistics.
            peakPagedMem = myProcess->PeakPagedMemorySize64;
            peakVirtualMem = myProcess->PeakVirtualMemorySize64;
            peakWorkingSet = myProcess->PeakWorkingSet64;
            if ( myProcess->Responding )
            {
               Console::WriteLine( "Status = Running" );
            }
            else
            {
               Console::WriteLine( "Status = Not Responding" );
            }
         }
      }
      while (  !myProcess->WaitForExit( 1000 ) );
      Console::WriteLine();
      Console::WriteLine( "Process exit code: {0}", myProcess->ExitCode );
      
      // Display peak memory statistics for the process.
      Console::WriteLine( "Peak physical memory usage of the process: {0}", peakWorkingSet );
      Console::WriteLine( "Peak paged memory usage of the process: {0}", peakPagedMem );
      Console::WriteLine( "Peak virtual memory usage of the process: {0}", peakVirtualMem );
   }
   finally
   {
      if ( myProcess != nullptr )
      {
         myProcess->Close();
      }
   }

}

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace ProcessSample
{
    class ProcessMonitorSample
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            // Define variables to track the peak
            // memory usage of the process.
            long peakPagedMem   = 0,
                 peakWorkingSet = 0,
                 peakVirtualMem = 0;

            // Start the process.
            using (Process myProcess = Process.Start("NotePad.exe"))
            {
                // Display the process statistics until
                // the user closes the program.
                do
                {
                    if (!myProcess.HasExited)
                    {
                        // Refresh the current process property values.
                        myProcess.Refresh();

                        Console.WriteLine();

                        // Display current process statistics.

                        Console.WriteLine($"{myProcess} -");
                        Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------");

                        Console.WriteLine($"  Physical memory usage     : {myProcess.WorkingSet64}");
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Base priority             : {myProcess.BasePriority}");
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Priority class            : {myProcess.PriorityClass}");
                        Console.WriteLine($"  User processor time       : {myProcess.UserProcessorTime}");
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Privileged processor time : {myProcess.PrivilegedProcessorTime}");
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Total processor time      : {myProcess.TotalProcessorTime}");
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Paged system memory size  : {myProcess.PagedSystemMemorySize64}");
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Paged memory size         : {myProcess.PagedMemorySize64}");

                        // Update the values for the overall peak memory statistics.
                        peakPagedMem   = myProcess.PeakPagedMemorySize64;
                        peakVirtualMem = myProcess.PeakVirtualMemorySize64;
                        peakWorkingSet = myProcess.PeakWorkingSet64;

                        if (myProcess.Responding)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Status = Running");
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Status = Not Responding");
                        }
                    }
                }
                while (!myProcess.WaitForExit(1000));

                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine($"  Process exit code          : {myProcess.ExitCode}");

                // Display peak memory statistics for the process.
                Console.WriteLine($"  Peak physical memory usage : {peakWorkingSet}");
                Console.WriteLine($"  Peak paged memory usage    : {peakPagedMem}");
                Console.WriteLine($"  Peak virtual memory usage  : {peakVirtualMem}");
            }
        }
    }
}

open System.Diagnostics

// Define variables to track the peak
// memory usage of the process.
let mutable peakPagedMem = 0L
let mutable peakWorkingSet = 0L
let mutable peakVirtualMem = 0L

// Start the process.
use myProcess = Process.Start "NotePad.exe"

// Display the process statistics until
// the user closes the program.
while myProcess.WaitForExit 1000 |> not do
    if not myProcess.HasExited then
        // Refresh the current process property values.
        myProcess.Refresh()

        printfn ""

        // Display current process statistics.

        printfn $"{myProcess} -"
        printfn "-------------------------------------"

        printfn $"  Physical memory usage     : {myProcess.WorkingSet64}"
        printfn $"  Base priority             : {myProcess.BasePriority}"
        printfn $"  Priority class            : {myProcess.PriorityClass}"
        printfn $"  User processor time       : {myProcess.UserProcessorTime}"
        printfn $"  Privileged processor time : {myProcess.PrivilegedProcessorTime}"
        printfn $"  Total processor time      : {myProcess.TotalProcessorTime}"
        printfn $"  Paged system memory size  : {myProcess.PagedSystemMemorySize64}"
        printfn $"  Paged memory size         : {myProcess.PagedMemorySize64}"

        // Update the values for the overall peak memory statistics.
        peakPagedMem <- myProcess.PeakPagedMemorySize64
        peakVirtualMem <- myProcess.PeakVirtualMemorySize64
        peakWorkingSet <- myProcess.PeakWorkingSet64

        if myProcess.Responding then
            printfn "Status = Running"
        else
            printfn "Status = Not Responding"

printfn ""
printfn $"  Process exit code          : {myProcess.ExitCode}"

// Display peak memory statistics for the process.
printfn $"  Peak physical memory usage : {peakWorkingSet}"
printfn $"  Peak paged memory usage    : {peakPagedMem}"
printfn $"  Peak virtual memory usage  : {peakVirtualMem}"

Imports System.Diagnostics

Namespace ProcessSample
    Class ProcessMonitorSample

        Public Shared Sub Main()

            ' Define variables to track the peak
            ' memory usage of the process.
            Dim peakPagedMem As Long = 0
            Dim peakWorkingSet As Long = 0
            Dim peakVirtualMem As Long = 0

            ' Start the process.
            Using myProcess = Process.Start("NotePad.exe")

                ' Display process statistics until
                ' the user closes the program.
                Do

                    If Not myProcess.HasExited Then

                        ' Refresh the current process property values.
                        myProcess.Refresh()

                        Console.WriteLine()

                        ' Display current process statistics.

                        Console.WriteLine($"{myProcess} -")
                        Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------")

                        Console.WriteLine($"  Physical memory usage     : {myProcess.WorkingSet64}")
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Base priority             : {myProcess.BasePriority}")
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Priority class            : {myProcess.PriorityClass}")
                        Console.WriteLine($"  User processor time       : {myProcess.UserProcessorTime}")
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Privileged processor time : {myProcess.PrivilegedProcessorTime}")
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Total processor time      : {myProcess.TotalProcessorTime}")
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Paged system memory size  : {myProcess.PagedSystemMemorySize64}")
                        Console.WriteLine($"  Paged memory size         : {myProcess.PagedMemorySize64}")

                        ' Update the values for the overall peak memory statistics.
                        peakPagedMem = myProcess.PeakPagedMemorySize64
                        peakVirtualMem = myProcess.PeakVirtualMemorySize64
                        peakWorkingSet = myProcess.PeakWorkingSet64

                        If myProcess.Responding Then
                            Console.WriteLine("Status = Running")
                        Else
                            Console.WriteLine("Status = Not Responding")
                        End If
                    End If
                Loop While Not myProcess.WaitForExit(1000)

                Console.WriteLine()
                Console.WriteLine($"  Process exit code                         : {myProcess.ExitCode}")

                ' Display peak memory statistics for the process.
                Console.WriteLine($"  Peak physical memory usage of the process : {peakWorkingSet}")
                Console.WriteLine($"  Peak paged memory usage of the process    : {peakPagedMem}")
                Console.WriteLine($"  Peak virtual memory usage of the process  : {peakVirtualMem}")
            End Using
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Remarks

The value returned by this property represents the most recently refreshed priority of the process. To get the most up to date priority, you need to call Refresh() method first.

A process priority class encompasses a range of thread priority levels. Threads with different priorities that are running in the process run relative to the priority class of the process. Win32 uses four priority classes with seven base priority levels per class. These process priority classes are captured in the ProcessPriorityClass enumeration, which lets you set the process priority to Idle, Normal, High, AboveNormal, BelowNormal, or RealTime. Based on the time elapsed or other boosts, the base priority level can be changed by the operating system when a process needs to be put ahead of others for access to the processor. In addition, you can set the PriorityBoostEnabled to temporarily boost the priority level of threads that have been taken out of the wait state. The priority is reset when the process returns to the wait state.

The BasePriority property lets you view the starting priority that is assigned to a process. However, because it is read-only, you cannot use the BasePriority property to set the priority of a process. To change the priority, use the PriorityClass property, which gets or sets the overall priority category for the process.

The priority class cannot be viewed using System Monitor. The following table shows the relationship between the BasePriority and PriorityClass values.

Applies to

See also

• BasePriority
• PriorityBoostEnabled