Re: Unable to remove hooked DLL
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:11:47 +0800, "bucher" <bucher@xxxx.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have a dll which can install a global hook. There are two functions:
InstallHook() and UninstallHook(). With InstallHook() the caller can install
the hook. With UninstallHook() the caller can unhook the DLL.
I want to delete the dll after calling UninstallHook(). But sometimes the
dll can't be deleted. I want to know why I can't delete the dll after unhook
the dll.
The code like this:
static HHOOK hhook = NULL;
BOOL InstallHook()
{
hhook = ::SetWindowsHookEx( WH_SHELL , HookProc hDllModule, 0);
if ( hhook == NULL ){
return FALSE;
}
return TRUE;
}
BOOL UninstallHook()
{
::UnhookWindowsHookEx( hhook );
hhook = NULL;
return TRUE;
}
Is there any problem in my code? Thanks in advanced.
I do this after unhooking my global mouse hook:
// The following helps hooked applications unmap the hook DLL.
DWORD_PTR res;
SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST,
WM_NULL, 0, 0, SMTO_NORMAL, 1000, &res);
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