# Progress Bar in WPF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progress-bar-in-wpf/300176>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 17, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progress-bar-in-wpf/300176 "2009-11-17T06:19:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![psychman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@psychman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psychman)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progress-bar-in-wpf/300176/1 "2009-11-17T06:19:03Z")

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Hello. I have created a little WPF C# app that checks one list of file names against another list of file names. I would like to show a simple progress bar while the lists are being compaired so the user knows the app is still working and did not freeze up. I am having trouble making the progress bar function while the app is compairing the lists. The UI seems to be frozen. I do not need the progress bar to show the exact progress of the function the app is performing; only that is still doing something.

I have read various posts online after a simple Google, but I have not found any good examples of something that works in a straight forward way. Is there an easy way to get the result I am looking for? Thanks.