Bugs_Updates

Priority Master 2009 Version 9.7 Updates

Version 9.7 Now includes support for Windows 7 - 32 and 64 Bit operating systems. A new 64 bit PriorityMenuExt64 COM DLL to support the menu options on the Desktop icon and the program in the Explore for XP and Vista 64 bit operating systems. A new Log Failed Set Affinity option has beed added to the Logging functions. A new option on Vista and Windows 7 systems to not display the lack of administrator rights has been added for the retail version.

Bug Fixes

Fix RESTART on SUSPENDED processes. Normally you would need to RESUME the process before doing the RESTART to restart the process. Now you can RESTART without having to do the RESUME as it will be done automatically.

Fix for DEFENDER MODE 3 to KILL ALL running programs on the Task Bar ONLY. This was the original intent for a soft reboot. However, if the user selected Include Invisible Windows or Include ALL Processes, then these would also be killed and could leave an unstable system. Now, it does not matter what the user options are because it will automatically disable the Include Invisible Windows and Include ALL Processes prior to just KILLing the programs on the Task Bar and then restores the user previous display settings.

Priority Master 2009 Version 9.6 Updates

Version 9.6 Has new Force Single Copy List that makes any application only allow one copy to run at a time. This saves you from the aggravation of having to use the Task Manager to locate and kill the application. This effectively solves a lot of system problems due to multiple copies of a program running that you never want to have multiple copies running at the same time. Even the Task Manager! Also, a new Suspend List has been added making a total of 14 Lists from which to define the behavior of your programs.

The new Force Single Copy List is totally integrated into all features and functions as follows:

New Force Single Copy View List added to the View/Delete Programs Entrees ("L" on the toolbar) with the number of programs displayed.

New Force Single Copy View List with Delete, Refresh and Help buttons.

New Force Single Copy List added to the main window right click when the program is selected.

If there are multiple copies of the program already running, all but the exact one selected will be automatically terminated when selected.

If the program is already in the Force Single Copy List then a check mark will be displayed in the menu on the Force Single Copy List menu item.

If the program is already in the Force Single Copy List then "(SINGLE)" will be displayed with the program.

Automatically prevents "svchost.exe" from being added to the list from the main window.

New Force Single Copy List programs will have any additional copies automatically terminated when Priority Master starts.

New Force Single Copy List added to the system menu right click on the desktop icon or in the program name in the explorer.

New Force Single Copy List programs will have any additional copies automatically terminated when selected from the desktop icon or in the explore without even running the program.

New Force Single Copy List programs system menu right click will have a context sensitive checkmark displayed if the program is in the Force Single Copy List.

New Force Single Copy List Log entry is generated if any additional copies were automatically terminated and the Log Programs Starting option was selected. For example:

8/6/09 Thu 11:30:22.562 Forced Single Copy terminated program: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CALC.EXE PID: 3148

The new Suspend List and features:

New View Suspend List added to the View/Delete Programs Entries ("L" on the toolbar) with the number of programs displayed.

New View Suspend List with Resume, Resume ALL, Refresh and Help buttons

Other items and features:

New default: System menus are automatically removed in the Full Time DEFENDER Mode (Basic User). However, with the addition of the Force Single Copy List, the new default is have the system menus displayed.

New Refresh buttons for the Exclude Foreground Boost and the Automatically Terminated Programs List.

Priority Master 2009 Version 9.5 Updates

Version 9.5 Has new suspend/resume process or all processes, restart application, web checkup on the process and bug fixes:

Check for administrator privileges on startup. If not present a message box provides instructions on Vista to create admin account.

Suspend/Resume Process in main window GUI for the selected windowed process.

Fully interoperative Suspend/Resume ALL Processes (SUSPEND ALL WINDOWED PROGRAMS). You can suspend all processes, start one or more new processes, select the suspend all windowed programs and acquire only the new processes. You resume all suspended process at any time. If you exit Priority Master 2009, then any processes that were suspended will automatically be resumed. This has been added in the menus for:

Main window GUI with selected process, and on the background in both views (Running Programs and Stored Programs).

System Tray icon menu.

Toolbar icon (S/R).

New toolbar icon (Sys Tray) to recreate the system tray icon/menu if the explorer aborts and the system tray icon is not present.

System type 32 bit or 64 bit added in the main window GUI top line at REALTIME.

Number of programs suspended added on the main window top line at REALTIME.

Restart on the selected process in the main window GUI.

Web Checkup on the selected process in the main window GUI.

PID and sort for PID within the Class in main window GUI.

Manage All Lists added to the system tray icon menu.

Bug Fixes

Fix disable the splash screen and then the main widow horizontal slider bar was not skinned.

Fix for the Hot List on boot not being fully skinned on system boot.

Fix for programs not showing up in the main window for 64 bit system due to long system path.

Priority Master 2009 Version 9.4 Updates

Version 9.4 Keep RealTime programs in the RealTime Class in Full Time DEFENDER Mode(Basic Mode) as well as in Advanced Mode.

Bug Fixes

Fix display of RealTime programs so that the main window GUI does not display them as Below Normal.

Fix to automatically set or reset the priority of all of the copies of multiple copy executables at the same time.

Fix column sort on the Path on the main window GUI running programs view.

Fix lockup if the mouse is just right of a rectangle box item in the main window GUI.

Priority Master 2009 Version 9.3 Updates

Version 9.3 Allow the user to start the Hot List programs while in Basic User (Full Time DEFENDER) mode. The foreground boost will override the FTD and boost the program to High 15 in the foreground and allow lower level settings while in the background.

Added the icon being processed in the HOT List to be displayed in the 10 icon positions in the dialog as they are started.

Bug Fixes

Fix so that the Hot List will automatically when done processing the programs in the Hot List.

Fix for synchronization in the Hot List to start in the right order without using the delay value in the dialog.

Fix for foreground/background boost override in FTD mode.

Priority Master 2009 Version 9.2 Updates

Version 9.2 Extended multiprocessor support: FULL INTEROPERABILITY ON ALL LIST!

Added the CPU affinity settings to all of the List entries. CPU affinity can appear on the prioritized list and all are shown in the CPU Affinity List.

Added Set CPU Processor Affinity Permanently support for all list items and show the already set processors in the drop down menu as shown above

Bug Fixes

Fix for non priority menu items on the Stored Program view to work

Fix for Hot List programs that have optional run time parameters to work when there are multiple programs stored and launched at the same time.

Priority Master 2009 Version 9.1 Updates

Version 9.1.1 - Bug Fix - Multiprocessor support.

Version 9.1 New features:

New manage all stored programs in the main window

New Switch Views (Run/Stored Programs) menu option allows to easily plan your prioritization strategy. Easily move programs from one prioritized List to another using only one mouse click. If the program is running, it will also be changed immediately. This is also added to a background right mouse click on both views and the File menu.

Set CPU Affinity menu option moved to the 2nd position in the main window list when multiprocessor are detected.

Added Info and Warn to the top line of both views if the information or Warning messages are enabled.

Added cool blue color to the background so the user can easily tell that these are stored programs and may not be running.

Bug Fixes

Fix for programs that are started by Priority Master 2009 and have their Level set to return to their previous level when they loose the Foreground Boost.

Fix for permanently setting the CPU affinity of CPU6.

Fix to display the program icon in the edit Hot List and edit Run List dialogs.

Fix for system tray icon creation timeout on program startup for slow machines or lots of programs in the Hot List.

Priority Master 2009 Version 9.0 Updates

Version 9.0 New features:

New Permanently Set and View CPU Affinity for 2, 4 and 8 processor systems (not visible on single processor systems)

On 32 bit systems, the CPU Affinity can be set from the desktop icon or the program name in the explorer. On both 32 and 64 bit systems, it can be using the main window GUI by selecting the program name and then a right mouse click.

On 32 bit systems, the CPU Affinity settings can be viewed from the desktop icon or the program name in the explorer by selecting the Affinity List menu item. On both 32 and 64 bit systems, the List of program names and CPU Affinity by selecting the program name and then a right mouse click.

The contents of the CPU affinity settings can be exported to a file. This can be imported in to a spreadsheet program like Excel to organize the processor settings. Once optimized, the Set_Proc_Affinity.pri file can be transferred to other computers. Just stop Priority Master, copy the file and restart.

A beep will be generated if the user tries to deselect the last remaining processor. At least one processor must be assigned at all times.

Added CPU Affinity List to the master View/Delete Program List Entries ("L" on the toolbar)

New Automatic switching from Full Time DEFENDER to Advanced mode

If you select an Advanced Mode option from the main window toolbar while in Basic User Mode, selecting OK to a message box will automatically set Advanced User Mode and display the selected dialog. All of the priorities will be instantly set to Advanced User Mode.

New Automatic Program name extraction and insertion when moving a program from one permanent priority list to another.

If you set the program into a new priority list (i.e. RealTime, High, Above Normal,Normal, Below Normal, Idle) and it is already in another priority list, then a message box will ask if you want to remove from the old list and automatically insert it into the new priority list. Switching programs from one list to another is very easy.

If you select a program name from the desktop or explorer, a message will tell you if the program is currently running. If you select to continue, then all occurrences of the that program will be automatically changed to the new priority and it will be automatically inserted in the new priority list.

New Enhancements for the Main Window GUI

Added alphabetic sort for main window Program Name, Window Title and Path. The contents are sorted within the priority class from lower to higher by selecting the column header.

Selected program name made to bold when selected so that it is easy to see if you selected the program name.

Added the number of configured processors to top line of the main window.

Added the priority graphic if the user selects the Pri column.

Added an explanation message box if the user selects the PM2009 column.

Fix to collapse the entries using the "+" sign for the priority class.

64 Bit fixes

Fix so that the priority shows up in the window titles and Task Bar

Added support for 64 bit program names

Added "*32" to identify 32 bit process running on 64 bit machine like the Task Manager.

Added a refresh button the master list of all the stored program entries ("L" on the toolbar)

Added Priority Graphic icon to main window toolbar

New Defaults

Automatically Run the Hot List and minimized the system tray on start up.

New default skin is galaxy .

Set to automatically kill all UnListed RealTime Programs. Just add your to the RealTime List once.

Added new Refresh Main Window on Mouse Over option on the Automatically Prioritized Programs ("A" on the toolbar)

Bug Fixes

Fix so that the system tray menu is dismissed if you click on any area other than the menu

Fix the text on the warning beep dialog (ON to OFF)

Fix to restore the original priority when Priority Master exits for program in the stored priority lists.

Fix for ToolBar icons not working as a result of canceling a lower level window when there are multiple windows stacked up.

Fix for the Start->Priority Master 2009 to make the main window visible. This is for when the explorer aborts and the system tray icon is no longer present.

Fix to make the program icon transparent throughout.