limiting FreeFileSync system resource usage

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left2right

I've notice that if I copy a large data set FreeFileSync can take so much computer resource to a point other applications seem hang or not responding. Is there a way to limit how much computer resource it uses? I thought I've seeing it somewhere in the options or settings but I can't seem to locate.

Currently I have to either stop or pause so the computer can catch up with other apps.
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Plerry

See the Expert Settings.
And then specifically the part on the RunWithBackgroundPriority setting.
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left2right

Can we make this setting more visible in application itself? Most causal users don't know how to fiddle with xml files. Worse, damage the Expert Settings.
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Plerry

Possibly making it more visible in the application itself is not for me to choose.

But how risky is it to use a plain text editor and change a "false" in "true" in the GlobalSettings.xml-file?
Besides, you can easily first make a backup of the old GlobalSettings.xml-file, and restore that if you would ever mess up your edited version of the GlobalSettings.xml-file.