SHSetThreadRef function (shlwapi.h)
Stores a per-thread reference to a Component Object Model (COM) object. This allows the caller to control the thread's lifetime so that it can ensure that Windows won't shut down the thread before the caller is ready.
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LWSTDAPI SHSetThreadRef(
[in, optional] IUnknown *punk
);
[in, optional] punk
Type: IUnknown*
A pointer to the IUnknown of the object for which you want to store a reference. This value can be NULL.
Type: HRESULT
If this function succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.
Use SHGetThreadRef to retrieve the IUnknown pointer.
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | shlwapi.h |
| Library | Shlwapi.lib |
| DLL | Shlwapi.dll (version 5.0 or later); ShCore.dll |