Define the way to threads own the mutex

Question

Define the way to threads own the mutex?

Answer 1

Threads in another process can open a handle to an existing named mutex object through specifying its name within a call to the OpenMutex - function. Any type of thread with a handle to a mutex object can utilize one of the wait functions to request ownership of the mutex object. When the mutex object is owned by other thread, the wait function blocks the requesting thread till the owning thread releases the mutex object by using the ReleaseMutex - function.