Creating thread in windows 8 with c language

Question

i wanted to know does the routine CreateThread works in windows 8 ? if yes does it enough to add header file #include or some other changes are added in windows 8

Answer 1

The MSDN page for CreateThread doesn't document any limitation for Windows 8 so it has to work. The "Requirements" section mentions that you should include a different

Processthreadsapi.h on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

Answer 2

CreateThread function is supported by Windows Desktop Apps only but is not supported by Windows Metro-Style Apps. If you see the Windows 8 architecture, you can find that Win32 library is not available for Metro Apps. You will have to use ThreadPool.RunAsync methods instead.