C# multi-threaded console application - Console quits before threads complete

Question

I have a c# console application that creates up to 5 threads.

The threads are executing fine, but the UI thread shuts down as it finishes its work.

Is there a

Answer 1

The threads in the ThreadPool are background threads and that means an exiting application won't wait for them to complete.

You have a few options:

• wait with for example a semaphore
• wait on a counter with Sleep() , very crude but OK for a simple console app.
• use the TPL, Parallel.ForEach(urls, url => MyMethod(url));