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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T22:51:55+00:00 2026-05-12T22:51:55+00:00

The HINSTANCE of a win32 application is passed to WinMain , but is there

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The HINSTANCE of a win32 application is passed to WinMain, but is there any other way of determining the current HINSTANCE (in case you couldn’t tell, I’m very new to win32 programming!)? I need to create a window inside of a library and (since the library is cross platform), I’d prefer not to have to pass it in.

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    2026-05-12T22:51:55+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 10:51 pm

    If memory serves, GetModuleHandle(NULL); returns the instance handle.

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