Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Freeware
We can’t count the number of times we’ve accidentally shut a web browser, word processor, or other application without saving our data first. Unfortunately, Windows doesn’t have an undo key. But thanks to GoneIn60s, you can add a slowdo button. (Yes, we’re going to trademark slowdo, you can’t have it).
What GoneIn60s does is delay the shutdown of your applications. When you hit the close button, the application is hidden, but it won’t actually close for another 60 seconds. You can adjust that time, but then the name of the program looks all silly.
So state you close your web browser when you had meant to close Outlook. You now have 60 seconds to look for the lightning arrow icon in your taskbar, right-click it, and choose your shut browser session. It will pop right back up.
If there are some programs that you’d prefer to close down immediately, you can create a whitelist of apps to close each time. GoneIn60s is little at just 205KB, and it’s free to boot.
[via Lifehacker]
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