>>Since all Windows applications run at the allowance (for want of a better term) of Windows, why would they be allowed to run if the wouldn't respond to Windows messages?
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>A Windows app is really just like a DOS app, except that most of them create a window and run a message loop. But this isn't a requirement. You can do anything you like in WinMain, and nothing more.

Hi Mark,

Hmm, I'll have to disagree. With a DOS app you communicate with the hardware directly, and can even bypass the OS. You don't (and shouldn't) do that in Windows. The best analogy I've heard is that, in DOS, your application is the dog, and the OS and hardware are the tail. In Windows, Windows is the dog, and your app wags when Windows tells it to.