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## Core Affinity Inheritance in Windows
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In **Windows**, child processes inherit the core affinity settings from their parent processes. For example, if the
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parent process (`explorer.exe`) is restricted to cores 0 and 1, any process launched by it, such as `example.exe`, will
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inherit this restriction and be limited to those same cores.
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parent process (`explorer.exe`) is restricted to cores 0 and 1, any process launched by it, **for example,** `app.exe`,
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will inherit this restriction and be limited to those same cores, unless the application itself or the user changes the
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core affinity (for example, via Task Manager or Process Governor).
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This behavior means you should carefully configure rules, especially when using wildcard rules like `*`, which apply to
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[all processes](#rule-for-all-processes).
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1. Go to the **Process Rules** tab.
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2. Add a new rule.
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3. Set **Process Selector** to `*` to match all processes (the `*` symbol acts as a wildcard, matching any sequence of characters in the process name).
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3. Set **Process Selector** to `*` to match all processes (the `*` symbol acts as a wildcard, matching any sequence of
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characters in the process name).
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4. Configure the desired settings (e.g., affinity, priority).
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5. Place this rule at the bottom of the list to allow more specific rules to take precedence.
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