PROCESS_INFORMATION

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This structure is filled in by the CreateProcess function with information about a newly created process and its primary thread.

Syntax

typedef struct _PROCESS_INFORMATION {
  HANDLE hProcess;
  HANDLE hThread;
  DWORD dwProcessId;
  DWORD dwThreadId;
} PROCESS_INFORMATION;

hProcess
Returns a handle to the newly created process.

The handle is used to specify the process in all functions that perform operations on the process object.

dwProcessId
Returns a global process identifier that can be used to identify a process.

The value is valid from the time the process is created until the time the process is terminated.

hThread
Returns a handle to the primary thread of the newly created process.

The handle is used to specify the thread in all functions that perform operations on the thread object.

dwThreadId
Returns a global thread identifier that can be used to identify a thread.

The value is valid from the time the thread is created until the time the thread is terminated.

Header	winbase.h
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