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Thread.Name Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the name of the thread.

Namespace: System.Threading
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public string Name { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string containing the name of the thread, or null if no name was set.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	A set operation was requested, and the Name property has already been set.

Remarks

This property is write-once.

Examples

The following code example shows how to name a thread.

C++

using System;
using System.Threading;

class Name
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // Check whether the thread has previously been named 
        // to avoid a possible InvalidOperationException. 
        if(Thread.CurrentThread.Name == null)
        {
            Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "MainThread";
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Unable to name a previously " +
                "named thread.");
        }
    }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Thread Class

System.Threading Namespace

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