Windows Task Manager
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Enable or Disable CPU Cores For a Process
- Open Task Manager
- Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc directly, or right-click the taskbar and select "Task Manager"
- Go to the Details Tab
- Click the "Details" tab (this shows individual process names like chrome.exe, not just app names)
- Right-Click Your Process
- Find the process you want to configure
- Right-click on it
- Select "Set Affinity"
- Choose "Set affinity" from the context menu
- Choose CPU Cores
- A dialog appears showing all available logical processors (CPU0, CPU1, CPU2, etc.)
- Check the cores you want the process to use
- Uncheck cores you want to exclude
- Click OK