How to change a python thread name from inside the thread on Windows?

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I have a main thread that gets connections and immediately spawns new threads then inside the thread it receives a name that gets logged, currently my threads are named Thread-n. I would like to change the name of the thread from inside. I found this, but it sadly only works on linux, any similar program to do this on Windows?

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 27 '20 at 22:35

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One can do this by using:

import threading
threading.current_thread().name = "my_name"

edited Sep 27 '20 at 22:35

acapola

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How to change a python thread name from inside the thread on Windows?

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