Disappearing Button Prank

A lot of things can make you laugh, but in those times you feel like time stays in place and there’s absolutely nothing to do, your mind can trick you into pulling a prank on someone. These can do more harm than good, but either way, you’re in for a good laugh. If you’re a computer enthusiast, then Disappearing Button Prank might just make your day.

The first good thing about it is that it doesn’t take you through a setup process, because it’s nothing more than a simple script that is specially created to make you laugh. As such, you can easily carry it on a removable storage device, plug it in a friend’s computer, and see if he or she falls for your trick.

The whole thing is pretty simple. Running it brings up a small prompt message, with an error icon and title, just so it induces the state of panic. Going on and reading the message can even lead to an increased blood flow rate, because you’re told the PC just got infected with an unknown virus. The only thing you can and are advised to do is press the only button inside the window frame.

About now you start to panic even more, because the button you’re supposed to press to remove the so-called unknown virus disappears when you hover the cursor over it. Even if you do manage to catch and press it, nothing happens and the button still disappears. In the end, you’re left with a window that doesn’t appear in the taskbar, nor fitted with a close button.

We’re going to let you in on a little secret, though. Pressing Alt + F4 closes the window, so there’s nothing to worry about. However, considering the file’s name is the same as the application, it can be a bit difficult to make someone fall for it.

Because it’s a harmless little program, we can tell you how to trigger it silently. Create a shortcut and access its properties. Switch to the Shortcut tab and assign a custom hotkey. Hide both files and press the assigned keys in an unsuspecting moment for the victim so that the prank window pops out of nowhere.

Bottom line is that you can have a lot of fun on a computer with video games and various other forms of entertainment. Some might not take too kindly to computer pranks, but tweaking it a little and triggering at the right moment can make Disappearing Button Prank a barrel of laughs.