What I suggested was to not use DeleteFile. mIRC does use DeleteFile, so it's not doing what I suggested. Your reply suggests that you still do not understand the problem, so I will attempt to explain it another way.
Firstly, forget about DeleteFile altogether. This issue would exist even if you weren't using it, because you're renaming mirc.ini to something else, which is as good as deleting for the purpose of this bug. Once you have performed this rename, there is no longer a mirc.ini in the mIRC folder. If execution stops there, either due to a BSOD or a power cut, the file is gone as far as mIRC (and most end-users) are concerned.
This is not acceptable. mIRC should not be renaming mirc.ini. mIRC should not be deleting mirc.ini. mIRC should leave mirc.ini alone until it is ready to atomically replace it with a new version.
ReplaceFile is recommended by Microsoft for exactly this situation. A brief survey of GitHub suggests that MoveFileEx with MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING is also a common solution, and it was suggested by Sat above.
When you implement one of these options, then and only then will mIRC be doing what I am suggesting.
