Köker Optimizer 1.0

The software developed for this project adds an entry to the context menu of executable files through the Windows Registry. When an application is launched with “Open with Köker Optimizer,” a process starts with administrator privileges. At fixed intervals, this background process monitors system processes and reduces the system’s focus on selected background processes. In the same manner, more resources are directed toward the process that is intended to run at higher performance.

Windows provides different priority levels for processes and threads. Priorities must be changed carefully to preserve system stability. Some important system processes are protected against such changes, although forced modification is possible and can lead to instability or blue-screen failures. Other properties can also be changed, including process working-set sizes, input/output priority, thread priorities and processor affinity.

Köker Optimizer changes these properties in a controlled manner to provide a more focused computing experience. When the selected process terminates, the changes are reverted and the optimizer process exits safely.