C# Signature:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll",SetLastError=true)]
static extern int SuspendThread(IntPtr hThread);

VB Signature:

<DllImport("kernel32.dll",SetLastError:=True)> _
Function SuspendThread(hThread As IntPtr ) As Integer
End Function

Boo Signature:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
def SuspendThread(threadHandle as IntPtr) as int:
     pass
static extern int SuspendThread(IntPtr hThread);

User-Defined Types:

None.

VB Signature:

<DllImport("kernel32.dll")> _
Function SuspendThread(hThread As IntPtr ) As Integer
End Function

Notes:

User-Defined Types:

None.

Tips & Tricks:

Please add some!

Notes:

None.

Sample Code:

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

using System.ComponentModel;

public class ProcessSuspend

{

const int THREADACCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME = 0x0002;

Tips & Tricks:

Please add some!

[DllImport("kernel32.dll",SetLastError=true)]

static extern int SuspendThread(IntPtr hThread);

Sample Code:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]

static extern uint GetLastError();

public static void SuspendProcess(uint pid)
    {
        Process p = Process.GetProcessById((int)pid);
        foreach (ProcessThread thd in p.Threads)
        {
        IntPtr threadHandle = OpenThread(ThreadAccess.SUSPEND_RESUME, false, (uint)thd.Id);
        if (threadHandle == IntPtr.Zero)
        {
            throw new Win32Exception((int)GetLastError());
        }
        if (SuspendThread(threadHandle) == -1)
        {
            CloseHandle(threadHandle);
            throw new Win32Exception((int)GetLastError());
        }
        CloseHandle(threadHandle);

public static void SuspendProcess(uint pid)

       {
       Process p = Process.GetProcessById((int)pid);
       foreach (ProcessThread thd in p.Threads)
       {
           IntPtr threadHandle = OpenThread(THREADACCESS_SUSPEND_RESUME, false, (uint)thd.Id); // Open thread with required permissions
           if (threadHandle == IntPtr.Zero) // If thread pointer is zero, means that the 'OpenThread' function has failed
           {
           throw new Win32Exception((int)GetLastError());
           }
           if (SuspendThread(threadHandle) == -1) // If the result is -1, the funtion has failed
           {
           CloseHandle(threadHandle);
           throw new Win32Exception((int)GetLastError());
           }
           CloseHandle(threadHandle); // Don't forget close thread handle
       }
       p.Dispose();
       }

}

        }
    }

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