Question

I know that I have to use SetConsoleCtrlHandler() if I want to manage console closing events.

I do not know how to block the CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT. I’ve tried returning false/true if it catches that event, but no success

Here is what I have so far (thank you Anton Gogolev!):

[DllImport("Kernel32")] public static extern bool SetConsoleCtrlHandler(HandlerRoutine Handler, bool Add);  public delegate bool HandlerRoutine(CtrlTypes CtrlType);  public enum CtrlTypes{     CTRL_C_EVENT = 0,     CTRL_BREAK_EVENT,     CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT,     CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT = 5,     CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT }  private static bool ConsoleCtrlCheck(CtrlTypes ctrlType) {      if(ctrlType == CtrlTypes.CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT)         return false;// I have tried true and false and viceversa with the return                         // true/false but I cant seem to get it right.     return true; }   //and then I use this to call it SetConsoleCtrlHandler(new HandlerRoutine(ConsoleCtrlCheck), true); 

Also, is it possible to run a new thread to monitor if the console is closing and block that close if the main thread is in the middle of doing something?

Answer 1

The documentation for SetConsoleCtrlHandler() says:

The system generates CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT, CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT, and CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT signals when the user closes the console, logs off, or shuts down the system so that the process has an opportunity to clean up before termination.

This implies that unlike when handling CTRL+C or CTRL+BREAK events, your process does not get the opportunity to cancel the close, logoff, or shutdown.