Author Topic: DONE: "Stop Me From Closing It" - prevent easy closing of a program (Read 60480 times)

mouser · « **on:** December 18, 2005, 09:02 PM »

Sometimes i have a web page open in my browser or something, and i want to leave it open for a while (like a few hours).
but i inevitably forget and at some point end up closing the program while tidying up the desktop.

i wonder if it wouldnt be possible to have a tray based program that let me sort of "lock" and "unlock" a running program,
which would just remove its "close" button maybe (it'd be nice of the close menu was gone from taskbar right click menu too).

so i'm not looking for some high security thing, just a way to prevent casual closing in a moment of forgetfullness.

ps. this might be a stupid request $:-\$

skrommel · « **Reply #1 on:** December 19, 2005, 02:10 AM »

Great idea! Can't be done in AutoHotkey, i think, as it doesn't have a global message hook.

Skrommel

mouser · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2005, 02:20 AM »

no idea if it can be done in ahk, but i was thinking that it might be possible to simple modify the "system menu" property of a window that would disable its clost button.. i could be wrong though.

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2005, 05:41 AM »

Not at all stupid - I need this too for exactly the same reasons. Actually it would be nice if the close icon could be changed for a padlock or something similar.

There must be a way to do this because DM2 manages to change basic window functionality in all windows.

Actually DM2 has the nice feature of locking windows down to a floating icon which could serve a similar purpose in the interim.

nudone · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2005, 05:55 AM »

i sometimes get into a close everything frenzy and then realise i've closed too much so i have to agree it's a good idea.

skrommel · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2005, 05:50 PM »

Yes, removing the system menu should work, but it also removes the min and max as well as the X. It also wouldn't catch ownerdrawn captions.

In AutoHotkey:

[Select]

WinSet,Style,-0x80000,Calc

I suggest catching WM_Close in a global message hook.

Skrommel

mouser · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2005, 05:55 PM »

yeah, blocking min and max would be unfortunate.

brotherS · « **Reply #7 on:** December 20, 2005, 04:55 AM »

Here's the/a solution: use Firefox and install the SessionSaver and undoclosetab extensions!

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #8 on:** December 20, 2005, 04:57 AM »

Or even use Maxthon - which gives you the option of starting up with all the tabs from the last session.

nudone · « **Reply #9 on:** December 20, 2005, 05:10 AM »

yeah, good point about Maxthon, Carol.

brotherS · « **Reply #10 on:** December 20, 2005, 01:48 PM »

Or even use Maxthon - which gives you the option of starting up with all the tabs from the last session.
-Carol Haynes (December 20, 2005, 04:57 AM)

Exactly that is what the SessionSaver extension for Firefox does

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #11 on:** December 20, 2005, 05:14 PM »

Just pointing out for those that didn't know that it is built in as standard in Maxthon.

brotherS · « **Reply #12 on:** December 21, 2005, 03:19 AM »

I didn't know that, but I prefer plugins/extensions anyway

Brad · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2006, 01:19 AM »

I have been using ACTUAL WINDOWS MANAGER from actual tools.
Does exactly what you are asking for and reasonably priced.
http://www.actualtools.com/

Cheers

Brad

mouser · « **Reply #14 on:** February 07, 2006, 02:34 AM »

Ethan submitted a coding snack that will do this - works very well!!! thanks Ethan!!

in fact, he has allowed us to make it available on the Coding Snacks page, with FULL SOURCE(!)
Download Dkmy (along with his other program Maomi) on the Coding Snacks page: https://www.donation...dingSnacks/index.php

Ethan you rock!

ps.
Brad - thanks for that link, Actual Windows Manage looks quite useful, i may give that a try also.

skrommel · « **Reply #15 on:** April 08, 2006, 10:10 PM »

Here's a very late entry! I stumbled across the solution while browsing for another project.

NoClose - Disable the Close button (X) of selected windows.

Features:
- Press Ctrl+1 to Enable or Disable the Close button of the active window.
- Press Ctrl+2 to Add a rule.
- Automatic enabling and disabling of close buttons on program start and stop, and on window creation.
- Change hotkeys and automation options.

You'll find the downloads and more info at 1 Hour Software by Skrommel.

Skrommel

mouser · « **Reply #16 on:** April 08, 2006, 10:31 PM »

skrommel - amazing!

beautiful about box too by the way!

skrommel · « **Reply #17 on:** April 08, 2006, 10:44 PM »

Please make shure you've got the latest upload, there was a typo in the first one!

Skrommel

mouser · « **Reply #18 on:** April 08, 2006, 11:18 PM »

while you're tweaking it, may i suggest that the menu actually says "About NoClose.."
rather than just "NoClose", which is not clear what it will do.
(same idea would hold for any other app of course).

wreckedcarzz · « **Reply #19 on:** November 08, 2006, 06:08 PM »

New suggestion...
also after Ctrl+1 is pressed, the Alt+F4 combo is disabled for that app...I go insane after I do that - one window too many can be very, very bad for me.

wesnwilma · « **Reply #20 on:** June 19, 2012, 07:36 AM »

I am trying to use NoClose on a Win7-64 machine but have problems with the rules. The instructions say that the requirements are part of the a window title and/or the ahk_class name (either part is optional). I am having to enter the full title AND the ahk_class or it will not work. My problem is I have some program windows where the class changes each time they open so I cannot use the rules.

Am I missing something?

~Wes

skwire · « **Reply #21 on:** December 22, 2014, 02:29 AM »

Hi, Wes, and a very belated welcome to the DonationCoder site.

Am I missing something?
-wesnwilma (June 19, 2012, 07:36 AM)

No, you weren't missing anything. I'm not the author of the NoClose but, due to another thread regarding the same issue, I looked over the code, found the bug, and fixed it. So, if you're still around, please feel free to try: http://skwire.dcmemb...ommel/NoCloseMod.zip

wesnwilma · « **Reply #22 on:** December 25, 2014, 10:46 AM »

Hi,
I had forgotten about this post and was just using the keyboard shortcut. Thanks for the update. It works great now.
~Wes

Filipe Meira Castro · « **Reply #23 on:** January 30, 2020, 04:04 PM »

This NoClose from skrommel is quite nice.

Is it possible to the opposite?

If some application has the Close button disabled, to put it enable?