//will return -1 (uint.MaxValue == -1 as a signed integer) if it fails.
public static uint RunThread(IntPtr hProcess, IntPtr lpStartAddress, IntPtr lpParam, int timeout = 1000)
{
uint dwThreadRet = uint.MaxValue;
IntPtr hThread = PInvoke.CreateRemoteThread(hProcess, 0, 0, lpStartAddress, lpParam, 0, 0);
if (hThread == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return(dwThreadRet);
}
if (PInvoke.WaitForSingleObject(hThread, timeout) == 0x0L) //wait for a response
{
PInvoke.GetExitCodeThread(hThread, out dwThreadRet);
}
return(dwThreadRet);
}
