Shutting down a WPF application from App.xaml.cs

Question

I am currently writing a WPF application which does command-line argument handling in App.xaml.cs (which is necessary because the Startup event seems to be the recommended w

Answer 1

If you remove the StartupUri from app.xaml for an application with a MainWindow you need to make sure you make the following call in your OnStartup method otherwise the application will not terminate when your MainWindow closes.

this.ShutdownMode = System.Windows.ShutdownMode.OnMainWindowClose;

@Frank Schwieterman, something along these lines may help you with your console window issue.