C++ How to limit visual studios multi-processor compilation

Question

Every time I compile using visual studio the rest of my computer crawls because visual studio is hogging all the processors. Is there a way to limit the number of processors tha

Answer 1

For Visual Studio 2015, change "Maximum number of parallel project builds" to desired number. (May be half number of processers in your m/c)

Menu> Tools > Options > Projects and solutions > Build and Run. Edit value.

Screenshot from VS2015

Further, maximum concurrent c++ compilation can be restricted in

Menu> Tools > Options > Projects and solutions > VC++ Project Settings > Maximum concurrent c++ compilation > Edit value.

Please note, if used 0 then all CPU will be used.