How to Set Processor Affinity for Specific Applications
Changing a process’s affinity means that you limit the application to only run on certain logical processors, which can come in terribly handy if you have an application that is hogging all the CPU. Here’s how to choose the processor for a running application.
Setting processor affinity is very easy and can be done from the Task Manager:
1. Start the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys.
2. Now go to the Applications tab, right-click the application you want to assign to a different processor and select Go to Process. In Windows 8 and later versions of Windows OS, click Processes tab, right-click the application you want to assign to a different processor and select Go to details.
3. You will then be taken to the Processes or Details tab and the process related to the application will be highlighted.
5. Right-click on it and select Set Affinity.
You will see by default all apps are allowed to span all the processors in your PC.
Just uncheck the ones you don’t want it to run on and you are good to go.
That’s all there is to it.
Setting processor affinity is very easy and can be done from the Task Manager:
1. Start the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys.
2. Now go to the Applications tab, right-click the application you want to assign to a different processor and select Go to Process. In Windows 8 and later versions of Windows OS, click Processes tab, right-click the application you want to assign to a different processor and select Go to details.
3. You will then be taken to the Processes or Details tab and the process related to the application will be highlighted.
5. Right-click on it and select Set Affinity.
You will see by default all apps are allowed to span all the processors in your PC.
Just uncheck the ones you don’t want it to run on and you are good to go.
That’s all there is to it.