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    Fixed Vista ICONS in System Tray

    I finally figured out away to control the ICON that is used when you start a client in Vista.
    Vista likes to use the last ICON it saw in the System Tray, don't know why, but that's what it does, so to make it use an icon you like, I run task manager first, then start the clients
    This also works in Windows XP 64bit to.

    I'll share my script that I use to run 8 cores, can be edited for less cores easily.

    @echo off
    start taskmgr.exe
    sleep 3
    start "NPLB-1" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB1 /I /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-2" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB2 /I /AFFINITY 2 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-3" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB3 /I /AFFINITY 4 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-4" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB4 /I /AFFINITY 8 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-5" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB5 /I /AFFINITY 10 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-6" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB6 /I /AFFINITY 20 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-7" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB7 /I /AFFINITY 40 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-8" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB8 /I /AFFINITY 80 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    taskkill /im taskmgr.exe

    By doing this, I get 8 task manager icons in the System Tray.
    I also spend the few minutes to change the window size for each one, drag it where I want it, then save it. (you only have to do this once)
    75 wide 8 tall - allows me to fit them all on the screen 1280x1024, one on top of the other.
    If you use grouping, you can minimize the group, or, close the group to terminate them.

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    What does the "/I" do in this line?
    Quote Originally Posted by IronBits View Post
    start "NPLB-1" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB1 /I /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe

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    The new environment will be the original environment passed to the cmd.exe and not the current environment.

    PHP Code:
    start /?

    Starts a separate window to run a specified program or command.

    START ["title"] [/D path] [/i] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED]
          [/
    LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL]
          [/
    AFFINITY <hex affinity>] [/WAIT] [/b] [command/program]
          [
    parameters]

        
    "title"     Title to display in  window title bar.
        
    path        Starting directory
        B           Start application without creating a 
    new windowThe
                    application has 
    ^C handling ignoredUnless the application
                    enables 
    ^C processing, ^Break is the only way to interrupt
                    the application
        I           The 
    new environment will be the original environment passed
                    to the cmd
    .exe and not the current environment.
        
    MIN         Start window minimized
        MAX         Start window maximized
        SEPARATE    Start 16
    -bit Windows program in separate memory space
        SHARED      Start 16
    -bit Windows program in shared memory space
        LOW         Start application in the IDLE priority 
    class
        
    NORMAL      Start application in the NORMAL priority class
        
    HIGH        Start application in the HIGH priority class
        
    REALTIME    Start application in the REALTIME priority class
        
    ABOVENORMAL Start application in the ABOVENORMAL priority class
        
    BELOWNORMAL Start application in the BELOWNORMAL priority class
        
    AFFINITY    The new application will have the specified processor
                    affinity mask
    expressed as a hexadecimal number.
        
    WAIT        Start application and wait for it to terminate
        command
    /program
                    
    If it is an internal cmd command or a batch file then
                    the command processor is run with the 
    /switch to cmd.exe.
                    
    This means that the window will remain after the command
                    has been run
    .

                    If 
    it is not an internal cmd command or batch file then
                    it is a program 
    and will run as either a windowed application
                    
    or a console application.

        
    parameters  These are the parameters passed to the command/program

    NOTE
    The SEPERATE and SHARED options are not supported on 64-bit platforms.

    If 
    Command Extensions are enabledexternal command invocation
    through the command line 
    or the START command changes as follows:

    non-executable files may be invoked through their file association just
        by typing the name of the file 
    as a command.  (e.g.  WORD.DOC would
        launch the application associated with the 
    .DOC file extension).
        
    See the ASSOC and FTYPE commands for how to create these
        associations from within a command script
    .

    When executing an application that is a 32-bit GUI applicationCMD.EXE
        does not wait 
    for the application to terminate before returning to
        the command prompt
    .  This new behavior does NOT occur if executing
        within a command script
    .

    When executing a command line whose first token is the string "CMD "
        
    without an extension or path qualifierthen "CMD" is replaced with
        the value of the COMSPEC variable
    .  This prevents picking up CMD.EXE
        from the current directory
    .

    When executing a command line whose first token does NOT contain an
        extension
    then CMD.EXE uses the value of the PATHEXT
        environment variable to determine which extensions to look 
    for
        and 
    in what order.  The default value for the PATHEXT variable
        is
    :

            .
    COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD

        Notice the syntax is the same 
    as the PATH variablewith
        semicolons separating the different elements
    .

    When searching for an executable, if there is no match on any extension,
    then looks to see if the name matches a directory name.  If it doesthe
    START command launches the Explorer on that path
    .  If done from the
    command line
    it is the equivalent to doing a CD /D to that path
    If you have spaces in your directory structure, then something like this should work for you to
    start "NPLB-1" /D "C:\NPLB\Port 8000\NPLB1" /I /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe

    If you want to start it minimized you can use this
    start "NPLB-1" /D "C:\NPLB\Port 8000\NPLB1" /I /MIN /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe

    /AFFINITY only works with Vista 64bit or Windows XP 64bit.

    To run it on 32bit windows/Vista, you should use something like this
    start "NPLB-1" /D "C:\NPLB\Port 8000\NPLB1" /I /MIN cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe

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    Are you using Affinity 1, 2, 4, 8 because of the hypthreading on your core i7 or what would us regular Core2 people be using for a quad-core?

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    Setting Affinity for Vista 64bit and Windows XP 64bit

    Cores are cpus to the OS, HT is done by the cpu to fool the OS into seeing more than there really is.
    If you have 8 real cores or 4 real cores + 4 HT cores, they both have 8 CPUs to the OS.
    Use as many of the lines you need to match the cores the OS finds.

    2 cores worth
    start "NPLB-1" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB1 /I /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-2" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB2 /I /AFFINITY 2 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe

    4 cores worth
    start "NPLB-1" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB1 /I /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-2" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB2 /I /AFFINITY 2 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-3" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB3 /I /AFFINITY 4 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-4" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB4 /I /AFFINITY 8 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe

    6 cores worth
    start "NPLB-1" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB1 /I /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-2" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB2 /I /AFFINITY 2 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-3" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB3 /I /AFFINITY 4 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-4" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB4 /I /AFFINITY 8 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-5" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB5 /I /AFFINITY 10 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-6" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB6 /I /AFFINITY 20 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe

    8 cores worth
    start "NPLB-1" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB1 /I /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-2" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB2 /I /AFFINITY 2 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-3" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB3 /I /AFFINITY 4 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-4" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB4 /I /AFFINITY 8 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-5" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB5 /I /AFFINITY 10 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-6" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB6 /I /AFFINITY 20 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-7" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB7 /I /AFFINITY 40 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-8" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB8 /I /AFFINITY 80 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe

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    DP
    Dont worry too much about the affinity.
    Vista does have an option to set it on the command line, but it isn't necessary in most cases.

    Just fire up 4 clients and they will get a core each.
    The OS will move the clients from core to core as it sees fit, this has a very minor negative effect on the output.

    On a dedicated cruncher setting affinity is an option that may yeald slightly more output. The clients stay nailed to individual cores.
    Last edited by PCZ; 04-23-2009 at 02:39 AM. Reason: typo

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    Quote Originally Posted by IronBits View Post
    Cores are cpus to the OS, HT is done by the cpu to fool the OS into seeing more than there really is.
    If you have 8 real cores or 4 real cores + 4 HT cores, they both have 8 CPUs to the OS.Use as many of the lines you need to match the cores the OS finds.

    4 cores worth
    start "NPLB-1" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB1 /I /AFFINITY 1 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-2" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB2 /I /AFFINITY 2 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-3" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB3 /I /AFFINITY 4 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    start "NPLB-4" /D D:\dcprojects\NPLB\Port8000\NPLB4 /I /AFFINITY 8 cmd.exe /C llrnet.exe
    I realize that but why wouldn't you use affinity 1, 2, 3, 4 for a 4 core system? Why the 1, 2, 4, 8?

    Jeff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PCZ View Post
    DP
    Dont worry too much about the affinity.
    Vista does have an option to set it on the command line, but it isn't necessary in most cases.

    Just fire up 4 clients and they will get a core each.
    The OS will move the clients from core to core as it sees fit, this has a very minor negative effect on the output.
    Windows is pretty stupid in assigning CPUs I have found. If you fire up 1 client, you will see that none of the CPUs is using 100% that is because Vista is bouncing it around from CPU to CPU even though there is no load on the others. In Windows if you are running any DC stuff, it is a good idea if you can set the affinity so things stay put.

    I was just asking IronBits about his affinity numbers because they seemed strange to me so I was thinking maybe he used that to avoid setting them to a hyper-threaded "core".

    Jeff.

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    If you start up 4 clients on a quad then all the cores get used.
    Setting the affinity is not required.

    It is one of those myths that seem to perpetuate around DC forums.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PCZ View Post
    If you start up 4 clients on a quad then all the cores get used. Setting the affinity is not required.

    It is one of those myths that seem to perpetuate around DC forums.
    I don't think you get what I'm saying. Windows is not smart about allocating processes to processors. Of course if you start 4 clients all 4 cores will get used, but they may get swapped around by Windows needlessly. So it is more efficient to set the affinity if you can. The scheduler is designed to handle processes that come and go, grow and fall in load, not really optimized for processes that stay loaded 24/7.

    The only thing I'm curious about is why IronBits uses 1,2,4,8 for his affinity selection on a quad-core instead of 1,2,3,4. I'm just trying to find out if I'm missing something obvious.

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    I'm curious to know what the performance is like with and without hyperthreading.
    Wonder if his odd affinity settings have something to do with this. ?

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    Not using HT is about the same as using HT, with HT being somewhat faster.
    Buy one and let us know how you make out

    DP - for example with 4 cores
    1 uses CPU0
    2 uses CPU1
    3 uses CPU0 and CPU1
    4 uses CPU2
    5 uses CPU0 and CPU2
    6 uses CPU1 and CPU2
    7 uses CPU0, CPU1, and CPU2
    8 uses CPU3
    9 uses CPU0 and CPU3
    10 uses CPU0, CPU1, CPU2, CPU3


    Convert the number to hex and reverse it to see which CPUs are to be used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Digital Parasite View Post
    The only thing I'm curious about is why IronBits uses 1,2,4,8 for his affinity selection on a quad-core instead of 1,2,3,4. I'm just trying to find out if I'm missing something obvious.

    The affinity flag is a hex mask which is why it doesn't go 1,2,3,4 - the info about start IB posted did have this but didn't go into what each flag mask corresponded to...

    Handy bit of info imo - didn't realise start had this under Vista (but then don't really do much that needs affinitys changing but still handy to know )

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    PHP Code:
    BitMask     CPU's 
     =========  ========= 
     00000001     1st CPU 
     00000010     2nd CPU 
     00000100     3rd CPU 
     00001000     4th CPU 
     00010000     5th CPU 
     00100000     6th CPU 
     01000000     7th CPU 
     10000000     8th CPU 
    By combining these BIT values one can determine the CPU count/mask.
    The BitMask is 32 bits in size, so theoretically the BitMask supports up to 32 CPU's.

    Example: BitMask=00000011 would mean 2 CPU's, number 1 and 2.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc778499.aspx

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    Another way of putting it...
    1 = CPU 0
    2 = CPU 1
    4 = CPU 2
    8 = CPU 3
    10 = CPU 4
    20 = CPU 5
    40 = CPU 6
    80 = CPU 7
    hexadecimal = CPU # (it's zero based) starts with core 0, which is your 1st CPU. (Think SCSI )

    Does that help ?
    Works in Windows XP 64bit and Vista 64bit OS.
    Now you don't need 3rd party utilities to manage your affinity

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    Large bell ringing. i used those mask numbers with the F@H GPU client.

    IB
    I just priced one up.
    Bare bones

    Sub Total: £471.27
    Shipping: £16.25
    Total Vat: £73.13
    Total inc Vat: £560.65


    edit:
    Look what you made me do
    I did hit the buy button.

    Postman better turn up tommorow

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    Quote Originally Posted by IronBits View Post
    DP - for example with 4 cores
    1 uses CPU0
    2 uses CPU1
    3 uses CPU0 and CPU1
    4 uses CPU2
    5 uses CPU0 and CPU2
    6 uses CPU1 and CPU2
    7 uses CPU0, CPU1, and CPU2
    8 uses CPU3
    9 uses CPU0 and CPU3
    10 uses CPU0, CPU1, CPU2, CPU3

    Convert the number to hex and reverse it to see which CPUs are to be used.
    Ah ok now I understand, that info is exactly what I was looking for. Wow, Vista/XP64 is more advanced than I thought. I didn't realize you could set the affinity for groups of processors as well as just 1 or all. Interesting.

    Thanks for the info.
    Jeff.

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    Affinity works that way in Windows 7 as well.

    The taskbar icon is all messed up in W7.
    It has no text when you click on it.
    GUI monitor seems to work if you can get it up.

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    The script works great IB, thanks for posting it. I'm currently have an llrnet.exe that is 32bit and says:

    LLR network client 0.9b7 (based on LLR version 3.5.0).

    Is that the latest version? Is there a win64 version anywhere?

    Jeff.

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