Priority (settingsType) Element

Specifies the priority level for the task.

<xs:element name="Priority"
    type="priorityType"
    default="7"
    minOccurs="0"
 />

The Priority element is defined by the settingsType complex type.

Parent element

Remarks

Priority level 0 is the highest priority, and priority level 10 is the lowest priority. The default value is 7. The minimum and maximum values are set by the priorityType simple type. Priority levels 7 and 8 are used for background tasks, and priority levels 4, 5, and 6 are used for interactive tasks.

The task's action is started in a process with a priority that is based on a Priority Class value. A Priority Level value (thread priority) is used for COM handler, message box, and email task actions. For more information about the Priority Class and Priority Level values, see Scheduling Priorities; for more information about I/O Priority values, see IO_PRIORITY_HINT enumeration; for information about Memory Priority values, see MEMORY_PRIORITY_INFORMATION structure. The following table lists the possible values for the Priority element, and the corresponding Priority Class, Priority Level, I/O Priority and Memory Priority values.

For C++ development, see Priority Property of ITaskSettings.

For script development, see TaskSettings.Priority.

Requirements

See also

Task Scheduler Schema Elements