Is there any way or event in WPF to handle the kill from task manager?

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Is there any way or event in WPF to handle the kill from task manager?

Ghadmode, Sandeep 1

I am working on WPF application. We save the state of the application to the registry when user closes the application. We use closing event of the window(this.Closing) to save the state of the application. But when user kills the application from the process manager/task manager, we don’t get this closing event. Thus we are not able to save the state in this case.

Is there any way or event in WPF which get fire when user kill the application from the process manager/task manager? So that we will be able to save the state of the application to the registry.

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Viorel 122.6K Reputation points

2021-03-30T16:00:16.14+00:00

If intercepting is problematic or impossible, maybe you should save the state (or a part) when the state was just changed (if it is not a complex thing).
Ghadmode, Sandeep 1 Reputation point

2021-03-31T02:02:27.97+00:00

saving the state when its change will impact on application performance. Thus cannot take that approach. Is there any event to handle the kill?
Viorel 122.6K Reputation points

2021-04-01T08:09:41.787+00:00

It is not clear how crucial is the impact, but you can save the detected accumulated group of changes after some delay, not each change immediately.

Probably killing a task stops the application forcibly without notifications and waiting. Do you know any application (Word, Notepad, etc.) that saves the work at the time of killing?

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Viorel 122.6K Reputation points

2021-03-30T16:00:16.14+00:00

If intercepting is problematic or impossible, maybe you should save the state (or a part) when the state was just changed (if it is not a complex thing).
Ghadmode, Sandeep 1 Reputation point

2021-03-31T02:02:27.97+00:00

saving the state when its change will impact on application performance. Thus cannot take that approach. Is there any event to handle the kill?
Viorel 122.6K Reputation points

2021-04-01T08:09:41.787+00:00

It is not clear how crucial is the impact, but you can save the detected accumulated group of changes after some delay, not each change immediately.

Probably killing a task stops the application forcibly without notifications and waiting. Do you know any application (Word, Notepad, etc.) that saves the work at the time of killing?

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