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

The /MP option might do it. It limits the number of processes that are spawned when you build a project. So, in your case, you would use it like this /MP1 (/MP[processMax], where processMax is the maximum amount of processes that you want to use).