From e847fd64582bb88766fde242288263e7fcf97820 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Nickles <nickles.travis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 21:28:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak temp thread creation

---
 DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs | 12 +++++++++++-
 DS4Windows/Program.cs                   | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
index 03330b3..54a9328 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
         List<DS4Controls> dcs = new List<DS4Controls>();
         bool[] held = new bool[DS4_CONTROLLER_COUNT];
         int[] oldmouse = new int[DS4_CONTROLLER_COUNT] { -1, -1, -1, -1 };
+        Thread tempThread;
         //SoundPlayer sp = new SoundPlayer();
 
         private class X360Data
@@ -41,10 +42,19 @@ namespace DS4Windows
         {
             //sp.Stream = Properties.Resources.EE;
             // Cause thread affinity to not be tied to main GUI thread
-            Task x360task = new Task(() => { Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.AboveNormal; x360Bus = new X360Device(); });
+            /*Task x360task = new Task(() => { Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.AboveNormal; x360Bus = new X360Device(); });
             x360task.Start();
             while (!x360task.IsCompleted)
                 Thread.SpinWait(500);
+            */
+            tempThread = new Thread(() => { x360Bus = new X360Device(); });
+            tempThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.AboveNormal;
+            tempThread.IsBackground = true;
+            tempThread.Start();
+            while (tempThread.IsAlive)
+            {
+                Thread.SpinWait(500);
+            }
 
             AddtoDS4List();
 
diff --git a/DS4Windows/Program.cs b/DS4Windows/Program.cs
index dde7caf..d9b0928 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/Program.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/Program.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
         private static EventWaitHandle threadComEvent = null;
         private static bool exitComThread = false;
         public static ControlService rootHub;
+        private static Thread testThread;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The main entry point for the application.
@@ -95,7 +96,10 @@ namespace DS4Windows
 
             // Create the Event handle
             threadComEvent = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.ManualReset, SingleAppComEventName);
-            System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(() => { Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest; CreateInterAppComThread(); }).Wait();
+            //System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(() => CreateTempWorkerThread());
+            //CreateInterAppComThread();
+            CreateTempWorkerThread();
+            //System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(() => { Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest; CreateInterAppComThread(); Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest; }).Wait();
 
             //if (mutex.WaitOne(TimeSpan.Zero, true))
             //{
@@ -113,7 +117,15 @@ namespace DS4Windows
             threadComEvent.Close();
         }
 
-        static private void CreateInterAppComThread()
+        private static void CreateTempWorkerThread()
+        {
+            testThread = new Thread(CreateInterAppComThread);
+            testThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest;
+            testThread.IsBackground = true;
+            testThread.Start();
+        }
+
+        private static void CreateInterAppComThread()
         {
             singleAppComThread = new BackgroundWorker();
             singleAppComThread.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(singleAppComThread_DoWork);
@@ -122,9 +134,9 @@ namespace DS4Windows
 
         static private void singleAppComThread_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
         {
+            Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest;
             BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
             WaitHandle[] waitHandles = new WaitHandle[] { threadComEvent };
-            Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Lowest;
 
             while (!exitComThread)
             {