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You know how some games hook Alt + F4 on purpose?

They say it's to 'prevent people from rage quitting'. Yeah, that's fucked.

I myself use the shortcut a lot. It's frustrating when it doesn't work.

Here's one of my favorite comments on this topic:

Yeah everyone in the community automatically assumes mal intent and that it's people who want to rage quit mid-game.

No, I just want to exit the game without having to use my mouse and click around on some buttons.

It's easier and faster to alt-F4. That's why it's called a "keyboard shortcut".

Those that rage quit probably use a workaround like task manager anyway, so the hook is pointless.

I have also seen singleplayer games that hook it, so the whole "ruining the experience of other players" argument is invalid in those cases.

Alt + F4 is an explicit request - the user wants the program to close immediately.

⚠ To hook Alt + F4 is to assume you understand what the user wants more than the user does. ⚠

Therefore, I present to you SudoF4.

Yay!

No more shitty hooks. Just press Win + F4 and the current window will be sent into the depths of the void: completely and utterly.

Despite its name, SudoF4 only works on Windows.

Yeah the code ain't special, but it's not about that.

It's about the message. No one wants shitty Alt + F4 hooks!

Installation

You first need to install Rust.

Then clone and install SudoF4:

git clone https://github.com/UnexomWid/SudoF4

cd SudoF4

cargo install --path .

Usage

Open a new cmd window and run:

sudo_f4

And now you can Win + F4 all day!

You have to keep SudoF4 running in the background for the shortcut to work.

If it fails to kill some programs, try running cmd as admin.

License

SudoF4 was created by UnexomWid. It is licensed under the MIT license.