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BasePriority

Gets the base priority of the thread

CurrentPriority

Gets the current priority of the thread

Id

Gets the unique identifier of the thread

IdealProcessor

Sets the preferred processor for this thread to run on

PriorityLevel

Gets or sets the priority level of the thread

ProcessorAffinity

Sets the processors on which the associated thread can run

StartAddress

Gets the memory address of the function that the operating system called

that started this thread

StartTime

Gets the time that the operating system started the thread

ThreadState

Gets the current state of this thread

TotalProcessorTime

Gets the total amount of time that this thread has spent using the

processor

WaitReason

Gets the reason that the thread is waiting

Before you read any further, be very aware that the ProcessThread type is not the entity used to

create, suspend, or kill threads under the .NET platform. Rather, ProcessThread is a vehicle used to

obtain diagnostic information for the active Win32 threads within a running process. Again, you will

investigate how to build multithreaded applications using the System.Threading namespace in

Chapter 18.

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