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1.1     ! root        1:  Sample: Creating and Ending Processes
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        !             3: Summary:
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        !             5: The PROCESS sample provides a simple interface to the
        !             6: CreateProcess and TerminateProcess functions.  In order to
        !             7: create a process the user is presented with a common dialog
        !             8: for selecting a file.  In this case, the file must have an
        !             9: extension of .EXE.  Processes which are started are
        !            10: presented in a list box.  Any of the processes may be
        !            11: selected in the list box and then terminated.
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        !            13: Warning:  "TerminateProcess is used to cause all of the
        !            14: threads within a process to terminate.  While
        !            15: TerminateProcess will cause all threads within a process to
        !            16: terminate, and will cause an application to exit, it does
        !            17: not notify DLLs that the process is attached to that the
        !            18: process is terminating.  TerminateProcess is used to
        !            19: unconditionally cause a process to exit.  It should only be
        !            20: used in extreme circumstances.  The state of global data
        !            21: maintained by DLLs may be compromised if TerminateProcess is
        !            22: used rather than ExitProcess."
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