CoGetCurrentProcess function (combaseapi.h)

Returns a value that is unique to the current thread. CoGetCurrentProcess can be used to avoid thread ID reuse problems.

Syntax

DWORD CoGetCurrentProcess();

Return value

The function returns the unique identifier of the current thread.

Remarks

Using the value returned from a call to CoGetCurrentProcess can help you in maintaining tables that are keyed by threads or in uniquely identifying a thread to other threads or processes.

CoGetCurrentProcess returns a value that is effectively unique, because it is not used again until 2³² more threads have been created on the current workstation or until the workstation is restarted.

The value returned by CoGetCurrentProcess will uniquely identify the same thread for the life of the caller. Because thread IDs can be reused without notice as threads are created and destroyed, this value is more reliable than the value returned by the GetCurrentThreadId function.

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