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