Audio Settings Standalone windows 10

I observe following issue :
if one activates standalone option to disable closing of
top level patcher, "Can't close top level patcher"
one has to quit the standalone using menu command or shortcut ctrl Q

But that prevents it from writing Audio settings into preferences.
If one on the other hand closes all windows, that quits standalone
and prefs files get stored.
I know since many years that max writes audio settings
on quit, and this seems to be buggy in windows version.

applies to both max 7 and max 8
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I usually totaly disable quit by any other means other than
a custom "quit" button to enforce some actions
before app quits.
The way Max quits on windows - that is impossible.
using message
;
max quit
to quit standalone also ends in not written audio settings
..........
or using any thispatcher window settings like
notitle, nomenu, fullscreen etc - anything that forces max to quit before it thinks
it closed all windows.

Can that be repaired at some point ?

Mac versions do not suffer from that problem