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Article #9277Re: mutex won't release
From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:59
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:59
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"Ad Lagendijk" <ad_lagendijk@yahoo.com_no_spam> wrote in message news:40feb982$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > HANDLE hMutex = CreateMutex(NULL,true,"1"); > ReleaseMutex(hMutex); // hMutex does not seem to > become invalid after this Releasing a mutex is not the same thing as freeing the mutex memory. ReleaseMutex() simply gives up ownership of the mutex so that another thread/process can gain ownership. To actually free the resources that the mutex uses, you have to use CloseHandle(). Gambit
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