windows - How to set name to a Win32 Thread?

Question

How do I set a name to a Win32 thread. I did'nt find any Win32 API to achieve the same. Basically I want to add the Thread Name in the Log file. Is TLS (Thread Local Storage) the only way to do it?

Answer 1

Does this help ? How to: Set a Thread Name in Native Code

In managed code, it is as easy as setting the Name property of the corresponding Thread object.