Getting Real Handle to Thread/Process Requires Two Calls

ID: Q90470

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), included with:
- Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51
- Microsoft Windows 95

The API GetCurrentThread() returns a pseudo-handle rather than the real handle to the thread. To get the real handle to the thread, you need to use DuplicateHandle() using the pseudo-handle that is returned from GetCurrentThread(). In addition, to get the real handle to a process, you need to call DuplicateHandle() after calling GetCurrentProcess().

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50 4.00

Keywords : kbNTOS310 kbNTOS350 kbNTOS351 kbWinOS95
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