From da9c2b649b20aa85614180e3bd963a9628d2bf5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:39:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [Settings] Close Settings app if running as standalone
 process after showing message dialog (#19620)

... in Release mode
In Debug mode leave settings app running after closing message dialog
---
 src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/App.xaml.cs | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/App.xaml.cs b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/App.xaml.cs
index 78d17cc5b0..62c0e01e5d 100644
--- a/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/App.xaml.cs
@@ -179,13 +179,25 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI
                 // Window is also needed to show MessageDialog
                 settingsWindow = new MainWindow(isDark);
                 settingsWindow.Activate();
+
+#if !DEBUG
+                ShowMessageDialogAndExit("The application cannot be run as a standalone process. Please start the application through the runner.", "Forbidden");
+#else
                 ShowMessageDialog("The application cannot be run as a standalone process. Please start the application through the runner.", "Forbidden");
+#endif
             }
         }
 
+#if !DEBUG
+        private async void ShowMessageDialogAndExit(string content, string title = null)
+#else
         private async void ShowMessageDialog(string content, string title = null)
+#endif
         {
             await ShowDialogAsync(content, title);
+#if !DEBUG
+            this.Exit();
+#endif
         }
 
         public static Task<IUICommand> ShowDialogAsync(string content, string title = null)