NtClose function
Applies to: desktop apps only
Deprecated. Closes the specified handle. NtClose is superseded by CloseHandle.
Syntax
NTSTATUS WINAPI NtClose( __in HANDLE Handle );
Parameters
- Handle [in]
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The handle being closed.
Return value
The various NTSTATUS values are defined in NTSTATUS.H, which is distributed with the Windows DDK.
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The handle was closed. |
Remarks
The NtClose function closes handles to the following objects.
- Access token
- Communications device
- Console input
- Console screen buffer
- Event
- File
- File mapping
- Job
- Mailslot
- Mutex
- Named pipe
- Process
- Semaphore
- Socket
- Thread
Because there is no import library for this function, you must use GetProcAddress.
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional |
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Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server |
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Build date: 4/6/2012
