Fake Error Message

Intro: Fake Error Message

Hello, everyone. This Instructable tells how to make a fake error message with Notepad. Don't worry -- it's just fake; it won't damage your computer.

STEP 1:

STEP 2: Copy and Paste Code

First you must copy a code and paste it to Notepad. This is the code:

x=msgbox("Your Message Here", Button+Icon, "Your Title Here")

STEP 3: Customize

Customize the buttons of your error. Replace "Button" with one of the following numbers:

0 - OK 1 - OK and Cancel 2 - Abort, Retry and Ignore 3 - Yes, No and Cancel 4 - Yes and No 5 - Retry and Cancel

STEP 4: Customize

Customize the symbol of your error. Replace "Icon" with one of the following numbers:

0 - No Icon 16 - Critical Icon (a.k.a. "X" icon) 32 - Question Icon (a.k.a. "?" icon) 48 - Warning Icon (a.k.a. "!" icon) 64 - Info Icon (a.k.a. "i" icon)

STEP 5: Title

Customize the title of your error. Replace "Your Title Here" with whatever you want the title to be.

STEP 6: Message

Customize the message of your error. Replace "Your Message Here" with whatever you want to say in your error.

STEP 7: Save

Click "Save As" and type in your title, followed by .vbs.

STEP 8: Done

You can find your error in your Documents folder. Open the file to view it!

Comments

[JakeAS]

I didn't notice this until over three years later, but I was apparently wrong in step 8.

You will actually find your error message in whatever folder or directory you save it in. Mine showed up in my documents folder because as you can see in Step 7's picture, I had Documents selected. At the time I wrote this I was pretty bad with computers.

Sorry for the inconvenience.