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Understanding Windows Message Queues for the C# Developer

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22 Jul 2020MIT13 min read 30.2K   745   37  
Diving into some of the core plumbing behind the Windows operating system
In this article, we explore the Windows message queue system and use it to communicate across threads and even processes. Furthermore, we dive into some of what happens when you call Application.Run(). This article should give you a good understanding of the Windows message queue subsystem.

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