Handle windows process priorities

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To change the priority of the current running powershell process, do it like

#-----------------------------------------------
# SET UP PRIORITY
#-----------------------------------------------

$processId = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::GetCurrentProcess().ID
$currentPriority = ( get-process -Id $processId ).PriorityClass
If ( $currentPriority -ne "High" ) {
    ( get-process -Id $processId ).PriorityClass = "High"
    Write-Host "Changed process priority from $( $currentPriority ) to High"
}

To change the process priority (7 by default) of a scheduled task, do it like

$ct = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "Apteco - Run Build"
$ct.settings.Priority = 1

Priorities are documented here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/taskschd/tasksettings-priority#remarks

Task priority	Priority Class	Priority Level
0	REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL
1	HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST
2	ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL
3	ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL
4	NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
5	NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
6	NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
7	BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL
8	BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL
9	IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST
10	IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS	THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE