WaitForSingleObject() function

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The following program loops if the console that it is running on is in focus.
But the program stops soon as the console is out of focus.
Is there a way to keep the program running when the console is out of focus?

The WaitForSingleObject function page is on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms687032(v=vs.85).aspx
I have no experience with multi-threading, so I don't under stand much of the WaitForSingleObject page.

I am running MinGW compiler Windows 7.

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
	unsigned long int count=0;	// 4,294,967,295 max
	char c;

	while (true)
	{
		if (WaitForSingleObject( GetStdHandle( STD_INPUT_HANDLE ), 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
		//if (false) //loops even when console is not in focus
		{
			c = getchar();

			if (c == 'q')	//quit
			{
				break;
			}
			if (c == 'c')	//continue
			{
				std::cout << "Enter 'c' to continue, 'q' to quit: " << std::flush;
			}
		}
		//do stuff
		std::cout << count++ << "  " << std::flush;
	}
	return 0;
}

When I replace the "if (WaitForSingleObject)" on line 12 with "if (false)", the program keeps looping, no matter what the focus.

Thank you.