Top 4 Most Hilarious Prank Apps for Your Friends

Our computers are loaded with prank apps that can spook and tease our friends in the most amusing ways. With these prank apps, you can catch your friends off guard and leave them scratching their heads over what's happening on their screens. While it may seem mischievous to annoy others, fret not because their computers will be just fine. In this article, we'll introduce you to the top 4 prank apps that are guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and annoy your friends in the best possible way.

1. Desktop Goose

Desktop Goose is a newly released game on Steam that has garnered millions of supporters due to its unique and entertaining gameplay. Shortly after its release, developers created a Desktop Goose app inspired by the game, designed to prank users. Once installed on your computer, this mischievous goose will wreak havoc, causing both frustration and amusement. It takes control of your cursor, roams around the screen, disrupts your gaming experience, throws application windows around, and relocates them. Desktop Goose isn't just a prank; it's also a tool for entertainment. To learn more about this mischievous goose, check out the video below!

Homepage: https://samperson.itch.io/desktop-goose

2. Jump Scare

For those with a weak heart, encountering Jump Scare apps might just cause them to faint on the spot. These apps are incredibly unexpected, with scares happening at random intervals. Jump Scare apps primarily use images of long-haired female ghosts in white robes, accompanied by blood-curdling screams. The most surprising aspect of these apps is how difficult it is to find the original data files to delete them. Some even require a new password to uninstall. It's truly a malicious prank for those afraid of ghosts, especially when alone. Currently available for both Windows and MacOS platforms, users can easily indulge in the scares.

Homepage: https://alienmelon.itch.io/scaryghostsoft

3. Spooky Labyrinth

Spooky Labyrinth isn't just a haunted app on your computer; it's a famous spooky game from the early 2007s. Even now, it remains relevant with its simple gameplay: guiding your mouse through mazes to reach the goal. Each level progressively shrinks the pathway, and by the 5th level, ghosts appear. It's truly a terrifying way to spook players because by level 5, you'll need to focus intently on the screen just to see the path ahead.

Homepage: https://www.agame.com/game/scary-maze

4. Screen Flip Troll

It's incredibly frustrating when you're flipping through screens and suddenly everything goes topsy-turvy! On Windows, there's a quick shortcut to flip the screen, and once flipped, the mouse follows suit. Those who get trolled won't know how to escape it. They'll be so frustrated they might just cry because they won't be able to do anything - controlling the mouse is already difficult, let alone when it moves in the opposite direction of your hand gestures!

Shortcut:

To return to normal, use the following shortcut:

5. Transforming Notification Sounds into Ghostly Noises

On Windows operating system, there are various notifications. By simply changing the system notification sound to something spooky, you can easily startle everyone around. Some might even run for the hills not knowing where the sound is coming from. The simplest way to do this is by setting up spooky sound notifications when closing applications on your computer, as we often open and close many different applications throughout the day. To set up application closing sound notifications on Windows, follow these steps:

Step 1: Right-click on the speaker icon and select Open Sound Settings.

Step 2: Next, choose the Sounds tab and navigate to the Close Program section (the sound when closing applications). Then, select Browse… to choose a spooky sound or scream that you want to startle others with. Finally, press Apply -> OK to save the settings.

To remove the spooky sound when closing applications, simply select None under Sounds and press Apply -> OK to save the changes.

6. Swap Left and Right Mouse Buttons

It's really frustrating when right-clicking gives you a left-click response and vice versa, isn't it? This is just a small setting change on Windows for the mouse, but it's enough to annoy users.

Step 1: Open Control Panel on your computer and select Mouse.

Step 2: Then, check the box next to Switch Primary and Secondary Buttons to swap the two mouse buttons. Finally, press Apply -> OK to save your settings.

7. Shutdown When Opening Application

Imagine someone facing this situation; they'd be furious to the point of tears. Just picture wanting to open Google Chrome to browse Facebook, but suddenly your computer shuts down. It's quite a fun prank, but remember to advise them to save their data beforehand, or they might have to start over from scratch.

Step 1: Right-click on the application you want to set up for shutdown when opening, and select Properties.

Step 2: Then, choose the Shortcut tab and paste the code below into the Target section. Finally, press Apply -> OK to save everything.

To stop this prank, simply delete the command '%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00' from the Target field.

In this article, Software Tricks has introduced you to some ways to spook and prank others on Windows computers. Good luck to you all!