From 6f4140a281f87316911776e7375f6c86dc4f5bdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Ho <don.h@free.fr>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 16:41:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Notepad++ hanging issue while user uses touch screen to
 activate Notepad++ windows

Make checkModifiedDocument as thread to avoid Notepad++ hanging while
user uses touch screen to activate Notepad++ windows.
---
 PowerEditor/src/NppBigSwitch.cpp | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/NppBigSwitch.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/NppBigSwitch.cpp
index 35f6146e0..72cc09fbc 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/NppBigSwitch.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/NppBigSwitch.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ using namespace std;
 #define WM_DPICHANGED 0x02E0
 
 
-
+DWORD WINAPI CheckModifiedDocumentThread(LPVOID)
+{
+	MainFileManager->checkFilesystemChanges();
+	return 0;
+}
 
 struct SortTaskListPred final
 {
@@ -1347,7 +1351,11 @@ LRESULT Notepad_plus::process(HWND hwnd, UINT Message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPa
 				if (LOWORD(wParam) && (nppgui._fileAutoDetection != cdDisabled))
 				{
 					_activeAppInf._isActivated = true;
-					checkModifiedDocument();
+					
+					//checkModifiedDocument();
+					// Make checkModifiedDocument as thread to avoid Notepad++ hanging while user uses touch screen to activate Notepad++ windows
+					HANDLE hThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, &CheckModifiedDocumentThread, NULL, 0, NULL);
+					::CloseHandle(hThread);
 					return FALSE;
 				}
 			}