FreeFileSync Start Priority (Windows) ...

[volker01]

I have a pc with a slow CPU and i start freefilesync with a bat in this way:

Start /Wait /AboveNormal "" "C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\FreefileSync.exe" "C:\ProgramData\backupControl_pcs\GlobalSettings.xml" "C:\pcs\pcs_scripts\konfig_ffs\ffs.ffs_batch"

In the Windows Taskmanager there a two processes:
freefilesync.exe and
freefilesync_x64.exe

The freefilesync.exe starts as expected with the higher priority,
but the freefilesyc_x64.exe is in normal state, not AboveNormal.

[xCSxXenon]

Just call the 64-bit executable itself

[Zenju]

The FreeFileSync launcher not only selects between 32/64 bit, but also does a number of checks that help troubleshooting weird system issues, so it should not be skipped. The files inside subfolder "Bin" like FreeFileSync_x64.exe are implementation details.

The freefilesync.exe starts as expected with the higher priority,
but the freefilesyc_x64.exe is in normal state, not AboveNormal.

Fixed for FreeFileSync 12.3!

[xCSxXenon]

The FreeFileSync launcher not only selects between 32/64 bit, but also does a number of checks that help troubleshooting weird system issues, so it should not be skipped. The files inside subfolder "Bin" like FreeFileSync_x64.exe are implementation details.

Interesting! Might be worth preventing them from being ran directly at all, what are the disadvantages?

[Zenju]

Interesting! Might be worth preventing them from being ran directly at all, what are the disadvantages?

I can't think of disadvantages other than this one: If I rename the executable to "FreeFileSync_x64.bin" then "pin to taskbar" doesn't work because the file name of a process does not end with ".exe".

[xCSxXenon]

That seems okay if they aren't supposed to be ran directly, no?

[Zenju]

Unfortunately "pin to taskbar" is also missing if "FreeFileSync_x64.bin" is started through the launcher FreeFileSync.exe. It seems there isn't a way to manually set a different target path for the process.

[Zenju]

Perhaps there is: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48539789/pinning-to-the-taskbar-a-chained-process