PowerShell v3 Function Change ProcessPriority

Not sure why I didnt put this one out when I wrote it. I come up with way too many functions...

function Change-ProcessPriority

{

      <#

            .EXAMPLE 1

                  Change-ProcessPriority "High"

                 

            .NOTES

                  Author: Will Steele (wlsteele@gmail.com)

                  Last Modified Date: 06/14/2012

                 

            .PARAMETER Priority

                  A mandatory string indicating the process level to which you want to

                  update a processes priority level.

      #>

           

      param(

            [Parameter(

                  Mandatory = $true

            )]

            [ValidateSet("AboveNormal","BelowNormal","High","Idle","Low","Normal","RealTime")]

            $Priority

      )

     

      if((Get-Process -Id $PID).PriorityClass -eq $Priority)

      {

            Write-Output "The process priority for PID ($PID) is already set to $($Priority).";

      }

      else

      {

            Write-Output "Setting the process priority for PID ($PID) to $($Priority).";

            (Get-Process -Id $PID).PriorityClass = $Priority;

      }

}

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