NVDA process is killed when closing a terminal window from the close button

[jmdaweb]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a console window, such as Git bash or cmd.
2. Move the navigator object or the mouse to the window close button.
3. Activate / click the button.

Actual behavior:

The console window is closed and NVDA process is killed.

Expected behavior:

NVDA should continue running after closing the window, as it does when closing from the window menu or typing the command exit.

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

Original reporters will attach logs if possible.

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed and portable.

NVDA version:

2023.1 and 2023.2

Windows version:

Windows 10 22H2 build 19045.3324 and Windows 10 build 21H2 19044.2132.

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

A console window which uses conhost as the terminal engine.

Other information about your system:

N/A

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Yes.

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

No, but I have tried other Windows versions. This issue has no impact on Windows 11.

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

Yes.

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

Yes.

[jmdaweb]

CC: @aguirremdp

[XLTechie]

Duplicate of #1682. Is supposed to be solved by using UIA in consoles, under NVDA Advanced settings. Is supposed to be solvable in non-UIA consoles, by someone doing a lot of work to invent a proxy process, at least according to the later conversation there.

[Brian1Gaff]

This one goes back to the very start. I'm always finding that if a sighted person had terminal window open they always close with the x and of course because of the way windows works it seems to close anything hooked into it, including nvda. I do not think anyone has a work around unless you can somehow access what the close option on the pull down menu does and close it there. Brian

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[seanbudd]

Duplicate of #1682, however as this is still the behaviour by default, I think this should remain open