CreateThread with char array

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How to pass a char* as an argument to CreateThread?

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

char * buf1 = "Hello World!";

DWORD WINAPI runThread(LPVOID arg)
{
    char * buf2 = reinterpret_cast<char*>(arg);
    cout << buf2 << "\n";

    return 0;
}

int main()
{
    CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)runThread, (LPVOID)buf1, 0, 0);
    return 0;
}