Disable close button of console window

Question

I want to control usage of the [X] button (the exit window button), which is generally present in the top-right corner when running a console-based Python application. I will be providing an in-program call to: sys.exit() when required. I know there is a similar option available even for Java GUI programming.

@matsjoyce Just the default. This is how mine looks: [link](http://i.imgur.com/f50S3N7.png?1) — Sarvesh EB, Mar 28 '15 at 01:29

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

Try:

import win32console, win32gui, win32con
hwnd = win32console.GetConsoleWindow()
if hwnd:
   hMenu = win32gui.GetSystemMenu(hwnd, 0)
   if hMenu:
       win32gui.DeleteMenu(hMenu, win32con.SC_CLOSE, win32con.MF_BYCOMMAND)

It requires the pywin32 modules to be installed. Note: I have not tested this, as I haven't got access to a Windows machine ATM.

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Disable close button of console window

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