have imagemagick not use up CPU?

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I am on windows (7) and i'd like to have imagemagick make a thumb. I'm using append so it isnt doing one file at a time but many. I figured out how to limit the memory usage (-limit area). I don't suppose i can do the same for CPU can i? I know i can make it use more then one thread/core for more speed but i'm planning to run it on machines with one cpu and would rather not have it use up all the cpu power.

Also i am spawning the process via Process class in .NET

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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Most operating systems allow you to set priority values (or equivalent) for processes. This effectively limits the degree to which that process can use CPU time in competition with other processes.

See https://stackoverflow.com/q/1374817/477035

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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answered Aug 28 '12 at 10:10

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