=== modified file 'src/libCom/osi/os/WIN32/osdThread.c'
--- src/libCom/osi/os/WIN32/osdThread.c	2012-06-18 19:52:03 +0000
+++ src/libCom/osi/os/WIN32/osdThread.c	2013-05-06 19:51:49 +0000
@@ -246,10 +246,7 @@
         ellDelete ( & pGbl->threadList, & pParm->node );
         LeaveCriticalSection ( & pGbl->mutex );
 
-        /* close the handle if its an implicit thread id */
-        if ( ! pParm->funptr ) {
-            CloseHandle ( pParm->handle );
-        }
+        CloseHandle ( pParm->handle );
         free ( pParm );
         TlsSetValue ( pGbl->tlsIndexThreadLibraryEPICS, 0 );
     }