Why does this window subclassing code crash?

Question

I am trying to subclass the window that currently has focus. I do this by monitoring for HCBT_ACTIVATE events using a CBT hook, and set and unset the WndP

Answer 1

If the debugger will cause the process to succeed by adding a breakpoint then most likely, this is a timing issue. What possibly happens is that your main application is closing itself and freeing resources just before the subclassed windows get the messages they need to remove the subclass again. You might want to give them a few processing cycles to handle their own messages between the unhooking and the unsubclassing. (In Delphi you could do this by calling Application.ProcessMessages but in your C++ version? Don't know the answer to that.