How do I check for PROGRAM idle time, as opposed to SYSTEM idle time?

Question

I have a program that occasionally needs to scan some directories recursively (an improvement for this part of the program is in the pipeline, but won\'t be ready for a while).

Answer 1

What you need is a separate thread that will be resumed when the system is idle or paused when there is activity. A simple way to do this is to place a Timer Component and check if the system is idle and thread is suspended or not use ResumeThread ,SuspendThread

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