"winclose" not working in Windows 10?

[wdmodlin]

I just migrated to windows 10. Painful process, had to get new drivers for video card and several other things... but mostly have stuff working now I think.

But my game-monitoring app can no longer close the game windows. Here's the relevant code:

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Close_isN:
Gui +OwnDialogs
MsgBox 0x40004, ,Close_isN, Do you want to close all InnerSpace game windows?
ifMsgBox Yes 
{
	loop %nAccounts% {
		Win := WinIDstr(A_index)
		if WinExist(Win)
		{
			OUTPUTDEBUG,% "ISM: CLOSING " Win
			WinClose
		}
	}
}
NextUpdate := 1
return

The OUTPUTDEBUG messages show the expected partial window titles for game windows running under ISBoxer. EG "is1 (Ctrl+Alt+1)".
Previously, under WIN7, the close messages would cause the game sessions to camp to desktop, exiting the game. Now, under Win10, nothing visible happens in response to the WinClose. If I manually close the game window by right-click on taskbar icon and selecting close, it still works as expected. And other AHK functions such as WinActivate used in a similar loop still work. But the WinClose does nothing.

Any suggestions? Any idea why this might not work?

[boiler]

You could try one of the following:
PostMessage, 0x112, 0xF060,,, %Win%
WinKill

[wdmodlin]

You could try one of the following:
PostMessage, 0x112, 0xF060,,, %Win%
WinKill

Thank you! The PostMessage works.

WinKill has no visible effect, just like winclose.

While your suggestion solves my particular problem I don't want to mark the thread "solved" yet, as I hope that someone with more understanding than I can address the question of why WinClose is no longer working, and perhaps fix it. Along with any other related problems that I have not yet encountered.

[WatsonEnterprises]

I had this same problem of WinClose not working on Windows 10, when it had previously worked on Windows 7. (The PostMessage method above worked when WinClose did not.)

I was able to fix the problem by right-clicking AutoHotkey.exe in explorer > Properties > Compatibility tab > put checkmark in "Run this program as an administrator". After doing that and restarting AHK, WinClose started working correctly.

[pafu]

I had this same problem of WinClose not working on Windows 10, when it had previously worked on Windows 7. (The PostMessage method above worked when WinClose did not.)

I was able to fix the problem by right-clicking AutoHotkey.exe in explorer > Properties > Compatibility tab > put checkmark in "Run this program as an administrator". After doing that and restarting AHK, WinClose started working correctly.

that was actually helpful. thank you sir!