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I am using Visual studio in windows for developing C library. Can someone please provide me simple example of creating thread in windows console application and starting it. Thanks

HostileFork says dont trust SE
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    Simply search it. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682516.aspx – minjang Nov 16 '11 at 04:51
  • C don't have any thread ...its os has...you are looking for windows thread then upper link is good – Jeegar Patel Nov 16 '11 at 04:58
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    possible duplicate of [How to use threads in C on Windows?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1981459/how-to-use-threads-in-c-on-windows) – HostileFork says dont trust SE Nov 16 '11 at 05:48
  • Which compiler / libraries are you using? – David Heffernan Nov 16 '11 at 07:48
  • These links may help you. **[Creating Threads](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682516%28v=vs.85%29.aspx)** **[Thread Functions](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684847%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#thread_functions)** – Thomas Nov 16 '11 at 15:32

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For windows: Use _beginthread and _beginthreadex. CreateThread has problems with the CRT.

For unix: use pthread_create

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C++ and C doesn't have support for Threads. You have to use Win32 APIs for threading support for which you can google,BING.

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