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Asked: 2026-05-13T14:53:56+00:00

Disclaimer : I know that Thread.Abort is evil. I’m using it as a last

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Disclaimer: I know that Thread.Abort is evil. I’m using it as a last resort since some I/O functions (e.g., File.Exists when used on a non-existing network share) block for a large amout of time and do not allow you to specify a timeout.

Question: Is it possible to Abort (as in Thread.Abort) a worker thread started using Delegate.BeginInvoke or do I have to do the Thread handling myself?

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    The only way to do that would be to have the delegate pass its Thread.CurrentThread to the main thread.

    However, you should not do it; terminating ThreadPool threads is not a good idea. (Unless you cancel the abort in a catch block)

    You’ll have to use your own threads.

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