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Enable close exception

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The Enable close exception flag raises a user-mode exception whenever an invalid handle is passed to the CloseHandle interface or related interfaces, such as SetEvent, that take handles as arguments.

Abbreviation

ece

Hexadecimal value

0x00400000

Symbolic Name

FLG_ENABLE_CLOSE_EXCEPTIONS

Destination

System-wide registry entry, kernel flag

Note   This flag is still supported, but the Enable bad handles detection flag (bhd), which performs a more comprehensive check of handle use, is preferred.