Changed calling updater thread.

wCenterWindow/updater.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ void FillVersionStructure(Version& ver, const std::wstring& str);
 std::vector<std::wstring> Split(const std::wstring& s, wchar_t delim);
 std::wstring ConvertUtf8ToWide(const std::string& str);
 
-DWORD WINAPI Updater(LPVOID)
+//DWORD WINAPI Updater(LPVOID)
+UINT WINAPI Updater(LPVOID)
 {
 	LOG_TO_FILE(L"Entering the %s() function", TEXT(__FUNCTION__));
 
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ DWORD WINAPI Updater(LPVOID)
 
 	LOG_TO_FILE(L"[UPDT] Exit from the %s() function", TEXT(__FUNCTION__));
 
-	return 0;
+	//return 0;
+	_endthreadex(0);
 }
 
 bool GetLatestRelease(const std::wstring& urn)

wCenterWindow/updater.h

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 // updater.h
 //
 #pragma once
-DWORD WINAPI Updater(LPVOID);
+//DWORD WINAPI Updater(LPVOID);
+UINT WINAPI Updater(void*);

wCenterWindow/wCenterWindow.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ WCHAR				szClass[MAX_LOADSTRING];				// Window's class
 WCHAR				szWinTitle[256];
 WCHAR				szWinClass[256];
 HANDLE				hHeap = NULL, hUpdater = NULL;
+UINT				dwUpdaterID = 0;
 HHOOK				hMouseHook = NULL, hKbdHook = NULL;		// Hook's handles
 HICON				hIcon = NULL;
 HMENU				hMenu = NULL, hPopup = NULL;
@@ -278,7 +279,8 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 
 				LOG_TO_FILE(L"%s(%d): Checking for updates is enabled, fCheckUpdates = %s", TEXT(__FUNCTION__), __LINE__, fCheckUpdates ? L"True" : L"False");
 
-				hUpdater = CreateThread(NULL, 0, &Updater, nullptr, 0, nullptr);
+				//hUpdater = CreateThread(NULL, 0, &Updater, nullptr, 0, nullptr);
+				hUpdater = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex(NULL, 0, &Updater, NULL, 0, &dwUpdaterID);
 				if (NULL == hUpdater)
 				{
 					DWORD dwLastError = GetLastError();

wCenterWindow/wCenterWindow.h

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <wininet.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>
 #include <CommCtrl.h>
+#include <process.h>
 
 // VerionInfo header file
 #include "VersionInfo.h"