Is there a way to know if a WPF application is shutting down?

Question

I am writing some code that checks that my resources are properly cleaned up.

When the application is shutdown, resources are not cleaned up, which is fine. However, thi

Answer 1

    /// 

    /// Hack to check if the application is shutting down.
    /// 
    public static bool IsShuttingDown()
    {
        try
        {
            Application.Current.ShutdownMode = Application.Current.ShutdownMode;
            return false;
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            return true;
        }
    }