Process and Thread Functions
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The following table shows the process and thread functions with a description of the purpose of each.
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Obtains the assigned trust level of a process. |
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Gets the priority for a real-time thread. |
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Gets the time quantum for the specified thread. |
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Sets the priority for a real-time thread on a thread by thread basis. |
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Sets the time quantum for the specified thread. |
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Converts a pointer that is mapped to a process into an unmapped pointer. |
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Runs a new program |
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Creates a thread to execute within the address space of the calling process. |
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Ends a process and all of its threads. |
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Ends a thread. |
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Flushes the instruction cache for the specified process. |
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Returns a pointer to the command-line string for the current process. |
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Returns a pseudohandle for the current process. |
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Returns the process identifier of the calling process. |
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Returns a pseudohandle for the current thread. |
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Returns the thread identifier, which is used as a handle of the calling thread. |
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Retrieves the termination status of the specified process. |
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Retrieves the termination status of the specified thread. |
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Retrieves the major and minor version numbers of the system on which the specified process expects to run. |
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Returns the priority value for the specified thread. |
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Obtains timing information about a specified thread. |
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Returns a handle to an existing process object. |
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Reads memory in a specified process. |
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Decrements a thread's suspend count. |
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Sets the context in the specified thread. |
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Sets the priority value for the specified thread. |
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Suspends the current thread for a specified interval. |
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Suspends the specified thread. |
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Ends the specified process and all of its threads. |
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Stops the specified thread. |
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Application-defined function that serves as the starting address for a thread. |
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Allocates a thread local storage (TLS) index. |
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Releases a TLS index, making it available for reuse. |
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Retrieves the value in the calling thread's TLS slot for a specified TLS index. |
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Stores a value in the calling thread's TLS slot for a specified TLS index. |
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Writes memory in a specified process. |