NoClose makes it harder to accidentally close Windows apps

You're typing away at a very important email, and you realize you don't need to have 12 browser tabs open, so you scroll your mouse over the X button, click it and suddenly realize you accidentally closed the browser, not just a single tab (look I know Firefox asks if you actually want to quit in that situation, but some browsers don't, OK?). Say goodbye to your email message (You know, unless your email service has an autosave feature).

NoClose is a tiny Windows tool that can save you from situations like these. Just launch NoClose, hit Ctrl+1 and the close icon in the upper right corner of your currently open program will fade out and you won't be able to close the app by clicking it. Hit Ctrl+1 again and it will reappear.

You can still close apps using the drop down menus or by right-clicking on icons in the system tray. But NoClose will help prevent applications from accidentally closing from poorly placed clicks. It doesn't work with every application. For example, Google Chrome's behavior didn't change no matter how many times I hit Ctrl+11. But NoClose should work with most programs that use the default Windows title bar.

[via Lifehacker]

Tags: freeware, noclose