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Would you like Windows to ask you if you're sure before you open any shortcut, just like this?
![ConfirmScript.png]()
It can be any shortcut that you have, even pinned items on the Taskbar (but not pinned items on the Start Menu). If would like this, then the first thing you need to do is right-click the link below and save it as a file to your computer:
http://home.comcast.net/~twocables/Confirm.vbs
In Firefox: right-click and choose "Save Link As...."
In Internet Explorer: right-click and choose "Save target as..."
In Google Chrome: right-click and choose "Save link as..."
For the sake of simplicity, save this to the root of your C: drive. That means the path to the file will be C:\Confirm.vbs.
Now, right-click any shortcut that you want to do this to and choose Properties. For pinned items on your Taskbar, hold down Shift while you right-click (and then choose Properties). You will see something like this:
![Properties.png]()
As you can see, the text in the "Target" field is already selected. We want to put "C:\Confirm.vbs" at the very beginning of this, so press the Home key on your keyboard. Or, press and hold the Left Arrow key until you get the cursor all the way to the beginning. Or, click somewhere in the "Target" field and then press Home or hold down the Left Arrow key.
After that, you should have a blinking cursor just to the left of "C:\Program Files etc. etc. etc.". Now, type C:\Confirm.vbs with a space after it so that it looks like this:
![Properties2.png]()
Now, click OK and you are all done. So now the next time you try to open this shortcut, you'll see this:
![ConfirmScript.png]()
Oh, and one more thing: you can add "C:Confirm.vbs" to as many shortcuts as you want! This one script works for an infinite number of them. You can even edit the script to change "Do you REALLY want to open this?" to be whatever you want. You can also change this message box's window title from "Are you sure?" to be anything you want. Just ask me how and I will show you!
So TwoCables, why would I want this? I would hate it!
Well, I have 25 things pinned to my Taskbar using Small Icons with the extra space between them removed (thanks to 7+ Taskbar Tweaker) and sometimes my mouse aim isn't exactly precise. Some of these things are programs or games that take a while to open and some of those take a while to close as well. So, it's nice to be able to just quickly tap the Esc key as a way to say, "No. Don't open. That was a mis-click".
Other times, I might click on a Taskbar item to open something and then realize after clicking it that I'm not ready to open it quite yet, or I might have just changed my mind. So, you don't do this to ALL of your shortcuts. You just do it to the ones where you would appreciate it if Windows would always ask you first if you really want to open it before it actually gets launched. For me, that's most of my Taskbar items. For you, it could just be 1 shortcut. As long as you're 100% satisfied, then that's all that matters.
Having said that, this definitely is not for everyone. So, please don't tell me that you'd never use this and that you think it's useless. Just because that's true for you, it doesn't mean that it has to be true for everyone.
It can be any shortcut that you have, even pinned items on the Taskbar (but not pinned items on the Start Menu). If would like this, then the first thing you need to do is right-click the link below and save it as a file to your computer:
http://home.comcast.net/~twocables/Confirm.vbs
In Firefox: right-click and choose "Save Link As...."
In Internet Explorer: right-click and choose "Save target as..."
In Google Chrome: right-click and choose "Save link as..."
For the sake of simplicity, save this to the root of your C: drive. That means the path to the file will be C:\Confirm.vbs.
Now, right-click any shortcut that you want to do this to and choose Properties. For pinned items on your Taskbar, hold down Shift while you right-click (and then choose Properties). You will see something like this:
As you can see, the text in the "Target" field is already selected. We want to put "C:\Confirm.vbs" at the very beginning of this, so press the Home key on your keyboard. Or, press and hold the Left Arrow key until you get the cursor all the way to the beginning. Or, click somewhere in the "Target" field and then press Home or hold down the Left Arrow key.
After that, you should have a blinking cursor just to the left of "C:\Program Files etc. etc. etc.". Now, type C:\Confirm.vbs with a space after it so that it looks like this:
Now, click OK and you are all done. So now the next time you try to open this shortcut, you'll see this:
Oh, and one more thing: you can add "C:Confirm.vbs" to as many shortcuts as you want! This one script works for an infinite number of them. You can even edit the script to change "Do you REALLY want to open this?" to be whatever you want. You can also change this message box's window title from "Are you sure?" to be anything you want. Just ask me how and I will show you!
So TwoCables, why would I want this? I would hate it!
Well, I have 25 things pinned to my Taskbar using Small Icons with the extra space between them removed (thanks to 7+ Taskbar Tweaker) and sometimes my mouse aim isn't exactly precise. Some of these things are programs or games that take a while to open and some of those take a while to close as well. So, it's nice to be able to just quickly tap the Esc key as a way to say, "No. Don't open. That was a mis-click".
Other times, I might click on a Taskbar item to open something and then realize after clicking it that I'm not ready to open it quite yet, or I might have just changed my mind. So, you don't do this to ALL of your shortcuts. You just do it to the ones where you would appreciate it if Windows would always ask you first if you really want to open it before it actually gets launched. For me, that's most of my Taskbar items. For you, it could just be 1 shortcut. As long as you're 100% satisfied, then that's all that matters.
Having said that, this definitely is not for everyone. So, please don't tell me that you'd never use this and that you think it's useless. Just because that's true for you, it doesn't mean that it has to be true for everyone.
