Is there any way to prevent console application to close?

Question

Is there any way to prevent console application to close ?

(that the user can\'t close the program)

Answer 1

Take a look at the Win32 console API.

You could try creating a windows (non console app) and then create your own console window with AllocConsole(). As I haven't tried this I can't say if Windows will still try to kill your process.

An alternative would be to create a background process/service to do the work.

Answer 2

Normally a console application can be aborted by pressing CTRL-C.

You can prevent CTRL-C from aborting your application by setting the Console.TreatControlCAsInput property or handling the Console.CancelKeyPress event.

Of course this won't stop the user from being able to kill your process, e.g. using Task Manager.