The Process Lasso GUI Rules Column
New, or even long-term, users of Process Lasso may not have realized the nifty ‘Rules’ column that is displayed in the Process Lasso GUI. It gives a quick representation of the rules that apply to a specific process, even if those rules are wildcard based. In this post, we’ll define them.
Rules
You can see them in the Process Lasso GUI as shown above.
Tip: You can right-click on column headers to choose which are shown, and also drag them around and resize them!
Interpreting the Rules Column
Rules column format: [-][X][x][K][g][M][e][s][p][Mx][R][s][iX][<-<<<<][#n][RHANBI][0-61]
| Character(s) | Meaning |
|---|---|
| _ | Instance balanced process |
| X | Excluded from ProBalance restraint |
| W | A watchdog trigger of any type is set on this process |
| x | Excluded from foreground boosting |
| e | Energy Saver is disabled when this process is running [v6] |
| K | Keep process running (auto-restart if terminated) |
| g | Process is classified as a game |
| M | Process is classified as a multimedia application |
| s | Process will prevent the computer and display from sleeping |
| p | Process will cause the PC to enter a particular Power Profile |
| #n | Instance count limit of n, i.e. #2 for an instance limit of 2 |
| Mx | Where ‘#’ is the default memory priority set for this process. |
| R | Default priority class: Real time |
| H | Default priority class: Highest |
| A | Default priority class: Above normal |
| N | Default priority class: Normal |
| B | Default priority class: Below normal |
| I | Default priority class: Idle |
| ih | Default I/O priority class: High |
| in | Default I/O priority class: Normal |
| il | Default I/O priority class: Low |
| ib | Default I/O priority class: Very Low (background) |
| 0-61 | Default CPU affinity, i.e. ’02’ for CPUs 0 and 2 |
| < | Throttle level lowest |
| << | Throttle level low |
| <<< | Throttle level moderate |
| <<<< | Throttle level high |