Ultimate Panic Button

Getting caught looking at something you shouldn’t have is indeed not a good look. Perhaps the main instinct is to hurriedly close all windows, force a system shutdown, or turn off your monitor, and while some of those can work to some degree, the real challenge is keeping your composure.

A panic button of sorts may be of use in some scenarios, and provided you have the presence of mind to trigger it at the right time, it can save you from some sticky situations. That is, in essence, what Ultimate Panic Button seeks to do: grant you a shortcut that will automatically minimize all windows and mute all sounds.

Now, the content you’re looking at is not that relevant for why you’d want to use such a solution in the first place. Whether you’re slacking off from writing that essay, procrastinating at work, or anything else, the program should work all the same.

The main thing to keep in mind is the hotkey itself: it’s best you remember it if you want to use it. By default, it’s Alt+X, but you can change that to a combination that is easier to reach and recall.

If anything, it’s worth testing the hotkey to see how you get along with it and the program. The main behavior is minimizing the current active window to activate a previously used window, while also muting system sounds. Make sure the other window is properly set up, and everything should work as expected.

What you see is what you get, and while not necessarily a negative, as the app does what you would expect a panic button to do, it would be nice to have some additional configuration options for anyone interested.

For instance, opening a specific program upon pressing a hotkey, or switching to a window of your choice, either via the same shortcut, or a different one, would further increase the program’s usefulness.

Ultimate Panic Button can be nice to have in some situations. If you often find yourself in risky circumstances where you feel a panic button would help, this solution can provide just that.