diff --git a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
index 1a29c7eb07..b0ea1c48ac 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ Functiondiscoverykeys
 fwlink
 fwrite
 fxcop
+FZE
 gabime
 GAC
 gacutil
diff --git a/src/common/interop/interop.cpp b/src/common/interop/interop.cpp
index 6dd4dc151b..6a6169d8d2 100644
--- a/src/common/interop/interop.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/interop.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ public
             return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::RUN_EXIT_EVENT);
         }
 
+        static String ^ FZEExitEvent() {
+            return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::FZE_EXIT_EVENT);
+        }
+
         static String ^ ColorPickerSendSettingsTelemetryEvent() {
             return gcnew String(CommonSharedConstants::COLOR_PICKER_SEND_SETTINGS_TELEMETRY_EVENT);
         }
diff --git a/src/common/interop/shared_constants.h b/src/common/interop/shared_constants.h
index 9c882e8675..8547703c92 100644
--- a/src/common/interop/shared_constants.h
+++ b/src/common/interop/shared_constants.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ namespace CommonSharedConstants
     const wchar_t RUN_SEND_SETTINGS_TELEMETRY_EVENT[] = L"Local\\PowerToysRunInvokeEvent-638ec522-0018-4b96-837d-6bd88e06f0d6";
 
     const wchar_t RUN_EXIT_EVENT[] = L"Local\\PowerToysRunExitEvent-3e38e49d-a762-4ef1-88f2-fd4bc7481516";
+    
+    const wchar_t FZE_EXIT_EVENT[] = L"Local\\PowerToys-FZE-ExitEvent-ca8c73de-a52c-4274-b691-46e9592d3b43";
 
     const wchar_t COLOR_PICKER_SEND_SETTINGS_TELEMETRY_EVENT[] = L"Local\\ColorPickerSettingsTelemetryEvent-6c7071d8-4014-46ec-b687-913bd8a422f1";
 
diff --git a/src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp b/src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp
index 8ecb287171..9ec39e0899 100644
--- a/src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/fancyzones/FancyZonesModuleInterface/dllmain.cpp
@@ -163,12 +163,31 @@ private:
             m_hProcess = sei.hProcess;
         }
     }
-    
+
+    void SendFZECloseEvent()
+    {
+        auto exitEvent = CreateEventW(nullptr, false, false, CommonSharedConstants::FZE_EXIT_EVENT);
+        if (!exitEvent)
+        {
+            Logger::warn(L"Failed to create exitEvent. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Logger::trace(L"Signaled exitEvent");
+            if (!SetEvent(exitEvent))
+            {
+                Logger::warn(L"Failed to signal exitEvent. {}", get_last_error_or_default(GetLastError()));
+            }
+
+            ResetEvent(exitEvent);
+            CloseHandle(exitEvent);
+        }
+    }
+
     void Disable(bool const traceEvent)
     {
         m_enabled = false;
         // Log telemetry
-
         if (traceEvent)
         {
             Trace::FancyZones::EnableFancyZones(false);
@@ -178,14 +197,15 @@ private:
         {
             ResetEvent(m_toggleEditorEvent);
         }
-        
+
         if (m_hProcess)
         {
             TerminateProcess(m_hProcess, 0);
+            SendFZECloseEvent();
             m_hProcess = nullptr;
-        }        
+        }
     }
-    
+
     std::wstring app_name;
     //contains the non localized key of the powertoy
     std::wstring app_key;
diff --git a/src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/App.xaml.cs b/src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/App.xaml.cs
index e14e018f34..d745263b51 100644
--- a/src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/App.xaml.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ namespace FancyZonesEditor
             FancyZonesEditorIO = new FancyZonesEditorIO();
             Overlay = new Overlay();
             MainWindowSettings = new MainWindowSettingsModel();
+
+            new Thread(() =>
+            {
+                var eventHandle = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, interop.Constants.FZEExitEvent());
+                if (eventHandle.WaitOne())
+                {
+                    Environment.Exit(0);
+                }
+            }).Start();
         }
 
         private void OnStartup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
diff --git a/src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/FancyZonesEditor.csproj b/src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/FancyZonesEditor.csproj
index beb730d203..0133bb2e46 100644
--- a/src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/FancyZonesEditor.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/fancyzones/editor/FancyZonesEditor/FancyZonesEditor.csproj
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     <Resource Include="images\FancyZonesEditor.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\common\interop\PowerToysInterop.vcxproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\common\ManagedCommon\ManagedCommon.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\common\Microsoft.PowerToys.Common.UI\Microsoft.PowerToys.Common.UI.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>