Setting the priority for the application...

I hope someone has the answer to this, because I can''t find it.. By default, Windows sets your Win32 app to NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS..I''m trying to set that to HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS, but can''t figure it out.. It appears that there are 2 ways of doing this, setting the priority within the app itself, or spawning the app from another app and specifying the priority level.. INSIDE THE APP: I can get the DWORD value of the current thread and/or process..there are functions to get and set priority using a HANDLE to threads and processes, but not the DWORD id..if I could convert the id to a handle, I could change the priority of the app from within the app itself.. SPAWNING THE APP: I''ve tried using CreateProcess, but I''m not sure about all the parameters..it doesn''t crash, it just returns false.. I know someone out there has done this..if nothing else, maybe people will get excited about the potential extra performance and join me in my quest for knowledge "Like all good things, it starts with a monkey.."