WPF render empty PNG file when switching users (account) on Windows

Question

I have InkCanvas int Grid and I want render Grid to PNG file. My code works. My OS is Windows. But If I click switch account (user) on Windows before rendering (I added Task.Delay for that) the PNG file will be empty. Why is this happening? How to fix it?
My code:

<Window x:Class="WpfApp1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApp1"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800"
ResizeMode="NoResize">
<Grid
Background="Transparent">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Row="0"
Content="RenderTargetBitmap"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
Margin="0"
VerticalAlignment="Top"
HorizontalContentAlignment="Center"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
FontSize="14"
FontWeight="SemiBold"
FontStyle="Normal"/>
<Border Grid.Row="1"
BorderThickness="0,0,0,1"
BorderBrush="Black"/>
<Grid Grid.Row="2" Name="drawingGrid">
<InkCanvas
EditingMode="Ink"
Background="White" />
</Grid>
<Border Grid.Row="3"
BorderThickness="0,0,0,1"
BorderBrush="Black"/>
<Button Grid.Row="4"
Content="Save to bitmap ..."
Click="btnSaveToBitmap_Click"
Height="23"
Width="100"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
Margin="0,10,50,10"/>
</Grid>
</Window>

using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;

namespace WpfApp1
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

    private async void btnSaveToBitmap_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)  
    {  
        string fileName = $"test.png";  
        await Task.Delay(5000);  
        saveControlImage(drawingGrid, (int)drawingGrid.ActualWidth, (int)drawingGrid.ActualHeight, fileName);  
    }  

    private void saveControlImage(Visual element, int imageWidth, int imageHeight, string pathToOutputFile)  
    {  
        var elementBitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap(imageWidth, imageHeight, 96, 96, PixelFormats.Pbgra32);  
        elementBitmap.Render(element);  

        var encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();  
        encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(elementBitmap));  

        using (var imageFile = new FileStream(pathToOutputFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))  
        {  
            encoder.Save(imageFile);  
            imageFile.Flush();  
            imageFile.Close();  
        }  
    }  
}  

}

Answer 1

When you switch users without logging out, the system continues to execute processes running in the original user account unless another user manually ends the process.

In addition to that, please pay attention to saving the files before you switch user due to the file will not be saved automatically when the different user end the process or shutdown the PC.

If you switch to a different user account and that user shuts down the computer, any unsaved changes you made to files that are open on your account will be lost.

You could refer to Can you keep programs running even if you switch users? .

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