Running Excel with specific processor affinities

[ashiruni]

Hey all,

I am looking for a way to run excel with a permanent processor affinity in windows 7. I've found a few options, such as a temporary registry hack (would've worked if it was permanent), a power shell command (which would work if there was a way to make windows run the script every time excel was opened), and a batch file shortcut. None of these things quite address the my problem.

No matter how excel is opened (a.k.a. whichever shortcut, file, or script is used to open it), I want the processor affinities automatically assigned without user input. Back in XP the registry hacks were permanent, so those were pretty awesome, but I don't know how to rig something like that up in 7. Any advice you guys could provide would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ashi

 

[Brink]

Hello Ashi,

You should be able to use the method in the tutorial below to create an Excel shortcut that will open and run with the set CPU affinity.

CPU Affinity Shortcut for a Program - Create in Windows

 

[ashiruni]

Yup, which is a useful work-around, but I'm hoping for a permanent fix. I have several hundred excel documents I need at random, and I don't feel like spending the absurd amount of time needed to make a shortcut for each and every excel file I have on my computer (not to mention, modern versions of excel have an abysmal UI, so trying an in-program open takes even more time than making the short-cuts would).