From a57d9d5db70ad929696800892febe115e6a87d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: otavepto <153766569+otavepto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:42:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] terminate the process before displaying the error message

---
 steamclient_loader/ColdClientLoader.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/steamclient_loader/ColdClientLoader.cpp b/steamclient_loader/ColdClientLoader.cpp
index 3162ae2b..e68ee36f 100644
--- a/steamclient_loader/ColdClientLoader.cpp
+++ b/steamclient_loader/ColdClientLoader.cpp
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(_In_ HINSTANCE hInstance, _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance
 		if (RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"Software\\Valve\\Steam\\ActiveProcess", 0, 0, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
 			KEY_ALL_ACCESS, NULL, &Registrykey, NULL) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
 		{
-			MessageBoxA(NULL, "Unable to patch Steam process informations on the Windows registry.", "ColdClientLoader", MB_ICONERROR);
 			TerminateProcess(processInfo.hProcess, NULL);
+			MessageBoxA(NULL, "Unable to patch Steam process informations on the Windows registry.", "ColdClientLoader", MB_ICONERROR);
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}