Control lifespan of modern apps from powershell

Hello,
I want to launch modern IE from a powershell script, and execute an action in that script when the user closes IE.
this is easy with regular programs as you can control the processes or simply wait for the return of a command.
To launch modern IE, I used this hack. It also works in Win8.1
https://pricklytech.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/quick-tip-how-to-enable-internet-explorer-modern-app-in-windows-10/
But I'm lost on how I can detect that the modern IE is shut down or how I can shut it down by script. Any pointers?
When I close modern IE, the process keeps existing so I don't know when the user has closed it.
Thanks!

Use WMI events. You can wait on an event that is fired when an application closes. Search for examples.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#newwindow=1&q=powershell+wmi+process+termination+event
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Thank you for your suggestion.
It seems like the process of modern IE goes into suspended state and doesn't close the process when you close the window. Now let's see if I can detect the suspended state...

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