PROCESS_INFORMATION info  Overview  Group

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

typedef struct _PROCESS_INFORMATION { // pi 

    HANDLE hProcess; 

    HANDLE hThread; 

    DWORD dwProcessId; 

    DWORD dwThreadId; 

} PROCESS_INFORMATION; 

 

Members

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.

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.

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.

dwThreadId

Returns a global thread identifiers 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.

See Also

CreateProcess 

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