Capture console exit C#

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I am not sure where I found the code on the web, but I found it now in one of my old projects. This will allow you to do cleanup code in your console, e.g. when it is abruptly closed or due to a shutdown…

[DllImport("Kernel32")]
private static extern bool SetConsoleCtrlHandler(EventHandler handler, bool add);

private delegate bool EventHandler(CtrlType sig);
static EventHandler _handler;

enum CtrlType
{
  CTRL_C_EVENT = 0,
  CTRL_BREAK_EVENT = 1,
  CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT = 2,
  CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT = 5,
  CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT = 6
}

private static bool Handler(CtrlType sig)
{
  switch (sig)
  {
      case CtrlType.CTRL_C_EVENT:
      case CtrlType.CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT:
      case CtrlType.CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT:
      case CtrlType.CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT:
      default:
          return false;
  }
}


static void Main(string[] args)
{
  // Some biolerplate to react to close window event
  _handler += new EventHandler(Handler);
  SetConsoleCtrlHandler(_handler, true);
  ...
}

Update

For those not checking the comments it seems that this particular solution does not work well (or at all) on Windows 7. The following thread talks about this

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