threads in windows

i can't get threads to work in my windows app...why?

Code:

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//Steve Mack
//Air Hockey

#include <windows.h>
#include <conio.h>

HWND ghWnd_Main;

HINSTANCE ghInst;

MSG msg;

HWND Clear;

int puckx = 100;
int pucky = 100;

HANDLE HThread;
unsigned long ThreadH;
unsigned long _stdcall getchthread();
char test = 'x';

//function prototypes
void SetFont(HWND hWnd, int iPointSize, const char *pcFontName);  //(obviously) sets fonts of controls
void Draw();

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
        switch(uMsg) {
                case WM_CLOSE:
                        TerminateThread(HThread,0);
                        DestroyWindow(ghWnd_Main); // Destroy the main window
                        return 0;

                case WM_DESTROY:
                        TerminateThread(HThread,0);
                        PostQuitMessage(0); // Quit the application
                        return 0;

                case WM_COMMAND:
                        //if(LOWORD(wParam) == BN_CLICKED && (HWND)lParam == OPENABOUT) {

                        return 0;
        }
        return DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam); // Not handled - let the system deal with it
}

//==================WINDOW CODE=========================================================
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) {
        ghInst = hInstance;
       
        WNDCLASSEX wcxMyClass;

        wcxMyClass.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX); // Size of structure in bytes
        wcxMyClass.style = 0; // Extra style information
        wcxMyClass.lpfnWndProc = WndProc; // Pointer to window procedure
        wcxMyClass.cbClsExtra = 0; // Extra bytes in class definition
        wcxMyClass.cbWndExtra = 0; // Extra bytes for each window
        wcxMyClass.hInstance = hInstance; // Instance handle for the class
        wcxMyClass.hIcon = NULL; // Default icon - use system
        wcxMyClass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); // Load the system arrow
        wcxMyClass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_BTNFACE + 1); // Background brush
        wcxMyClass.lpszMenuName = NULL; // Menu name [MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDM_MAINMENU)] - none here
        wcxMyClass.lpszClassName = "TESTCLASS"; // Class name
        wcxMyClass.hIconSm = NULL; // Small icon
       
        RegisterClassEx(&wcxMyClass);  // Register the class

        ghWnd_Main = CreateWindow("TESTCLASS", "Air Hockey - Steve Mack", \
                                      WS_SYSMENU | WS_MINIMIZEBOX, 100, 100, 550, 350, \
                                                          NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
        if(ghWnd_Main) {
                Clear = CreateWindow("Static", "", WS_CHILD | /*WS_DLGFRAME |*/ WS_VISIBLE, 0, 0, 500, 500, ghWnd_Main, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
                ShowWindow(Clear,0);
                ShowWindow(ghWnd_Main, nCmdShow); // Show using the specific show style
        }

        getchthread();
        test = getch();
        TerminateThread(HThread,0);

        //=================== Handle message loop ==================================================
        while(GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) {
                TranslateMessage(&msg); // Translate keycode messages
                DispatchMessage(&msg); // Send to the window
        }

        UnregisterClass("TESTCLASS", ghInst); // Unregister our window class
        return msg.wParam; // msg.wParam contains the code passed to PostQuitMessage()

}

//=========================FUNCTIONS===============================
void SetFont(HWND hWnd, int iPointSize, const char *pcFontName) {  //(obviously) sets fonts of controls
   
    HFONT hTheFont;
    HDC hDC = GetDC(hWnd);
    int nHeight = -MulDiv(iPointSize, GetDeviceCaps(hDC, LOGPIXELSY), 72);

    hTheFont = CreateFont(nHeight, 0, 0, 0, FW_NORMAL, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, DEFAULT_CHARSET, OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, DEFAULT_QUALITY, DEFAULT_PITCH, pcFontName);

    ReleaseDC(hWnd, hDC);

    SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM)hTheFont, TRUE);
}

void Draw()
{
        HDC myDC = GetDC(ghWnd_Main);
        Ellipse(myDC, puckx-10,pucky-10,puckx+10,pucky+10);
}

unsigned long _stdcall getchthread()
{
        int i = 1;
        char buffer[10];
        while(test=='x')
        {
                SetWindowText(Clear, itoa(i, buffer, 10));
                i++;
        }
    return 0;
}

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You don't create the thread...