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[-] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

...right...tell that to cmd.exe or the OpenVPN daemon, or the soft ether VPN daemon, or OpenConsole.exe, or Idk, I only tested 4 that immediately came to mind but my point stands. There are a lot of programs that do not have a window handle and do not bother with window messages.

[-] Feyd@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

Service (daemon) lifecycles are managed via the system services api.

[-] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Yep, I'm aware of that too, doesn't change my initial point

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