Hi team!
During a long flight yesterday i was taking some screenshots. by default the nvidia app takes screenshots with ALT+F1.
By mistake i hit ALT+F4 and BANG! the sim closed without warning. No “Are you sure you want to close?” or anything. It just closes.
Please add a confirmation before closing the sim, or maybe an option like “Confirm before closing” or something like that.
Thanks!
Just now, as I was running MSFS windowed, I pressed the X-button by mistake instead of the full window button, which lead to a prompt exit to Windows. Pretty annoying, since I had no plans of quitting my flight (or the program). Shouldn’t there be a warning (“Are you sure you want to exit”?)?
I would like that, too.
30 mins into a flight just now I tried to quit Chrome which was running on another monitor. Thinking it had focus, I hit Alt+F4 and was unpleasantly surprised to see FS simply vanish.
While I would definitely appreciate a way to quit to desktop directly from the cockpit, this really isn’t the way it should be done. You can’t even go back a level in - for example - the activities menus without confirmation, so immediately quitting the sim is totally inconsistent.
I checked the control menus and Alt+F4 actually appears bound to something called ‘Select 4’ under the menu section. I’ve no idea what context that is in, because I tried it there and it still quit.
That is true… Menu Select 4 is binded as Alt+F4
Shortcut to desktop 
Should be changed to Shift+F4
and same to select 1 to 3
Hmmm ALT-F4 is exactly there for the user to exit programs immediately. Has nothing to do with fs2020. I don’t think it is even possible to build in a confirm box before the closing.
I love ALT-F4 when i need it.
alt+f4 is the global windows shortcut to kill the program without warning, usually in cash of a freeze. So i see no use for putting a warning there
Csgo doesnt not close by pressing ALT+F4 but works differently and gives warning.
I’ve done same when changed nvidia experience layouts hit ALT+F4 instead of ALT+F3 and MFS2020 was gone🤣
Please not another pop up asking for confimation, there are already too many in the IT-World.
Better watch what you are pressing!
No need for another confirmation popup EVERY TIME for the misclick happening ONCE a year (or so)…
Alt+F4 trigger an application exit event/message which can be trapped.
Try for yourself. Open Notepad, type something, ALT+F4, it will ask you to save.
I’ve brought this up before. I’m perfectly aware that Alt+F4 is the default windows shortcut to close an application, but it should never do so without confirmation if it means data will be lost.
The current functionality feels like a dev feature that was left in by accident.
No it isn’t, it’s simply a shortcut for close/exit. If an application isn’t responding, Alt+F4 won’t close it.
Good to hear the FACTS from someone, and not just assumed, made up “Misinformation”.
Yes, of course ALT-F4 can be trapped, and then the program can do whatever it likes after that.
Yes, or course it need to be error trapped in MSFS …
with so many key Commands, its a MUST to prevent accidental closure of the sim.
100% gets my VOTE …
Believe me, you will see the need when during a long flight you press it by mistake while trying to take a screenshot.
It can be handled by the application. I’m a software developer and i do it all the time. Besides, what is the harm? It can be an option on the settings section. “Ask before closing” or something like that.
Not gonna lie, this is freaking hilarious lol. I can only imagine your reaction upon hitting Alt F4 by mistake.
same as ALT + L => flashlight … I pressed million times WindowsKey + L …
I reported ticket, but only because after un-locking windows then all Lights of Airplane are off 
Like → 
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I like it. I always exit the sim through Alt-F4 after finishing a flight. Saves the trouble of going through the menus. Never pressed it by accident.
Like everyone else said, alt-f4 is a shortcut to kill the program. It doesn’t warn you and it’s been like this since Windows 3.0. I thought this thread was intended as a joke initially to tell you the truth. Just try hitting alt-f4 now on your browser…it will kill it without warning. In fact, I want them to leave it this way. I don’t want to have to hit any other keys besides alt-f4 to kill the program instantly.
All the people that didnt know what they talking about said that 
There are 3 (4 if you include a crash) ways to exit a process on Windows :
Edit: These are similar to SIGHUP interupts on Linux.