Question

How to create thread on windows in C

Answer 1

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

DWORD WINAPI ThreadFunction(LPVOID lpParam) {
    printf("ThreadFunction - Thread Running\n");
    return 0;
}
int main() {
    HANDLE hThread = NULL;
    DWORD ThreadID = 0;

    hThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, &ThreadFunction, NULL, 0, &ThreadID);
    if (hThread == NULL) {
        printf("CreateThread Failed, Error: %ld\n", GetLastError());
    }
    printf("CreateThread Success\n");

    printf("Thread ID - %ld\n", ThreadID);

    CloseHandle(hThread);

    system("pause");

    return 0;
}




/*
run:

CreateThread Success
Thread ID - 21720
ThreadFunction - Thread Running

*/

 

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