Pop-ups

There are many different types of pop-ups (or obstacles) that can appear. Usually, most pop-ups impede the player by blocking movement and vision, but not all do.

* Annoying pop-up
* Ball
* Bonus driver
* Bricks
* Calculator
* Checkbox
* Clippy
* CPU fan
* Decompiler Gun Options
* Dog
* Electricity
* Empty Pop-up
* Image Viewer
* Lasers
* Mad Buttons
* Mine
* Running.dll
* System32
* Task failed happily error
* Unexpected error
* Video driver error

## Annoying pop-up

An "Annoying pop-up" is basically "annoying" but it can be closed. It will prevent the player from moving into it. It can be closed by clicking "Close" or the "X" button on the top right. Sometimes, the "Close" button is disabled, making it hard to close the pop-up using it. Instead, the "X" button in the title bar will be the only way to close it. This appears in all systems.

### In Progressstein3d

Annoying pop-ups appear in Progressstein3d in the form of barriers. They can be destroyed using fireballs.

### Gallery

This is an ordinary annoying pop-up.This pop-up is more annoying because it cannot be closed by the Close button.Annoying pop-up, as a barrier in Progressstein3d.Unused annoying pop-up

## Ball

The ball pop-up can give you 10 to 15 points each time it is "pinged" by the progress bar. The pop-up closes when it reaches the bottom of the screen. Starting from version 0.8400, if the ball goes into Bin, he will say "Goal!!!" and give you a bonus. This pop-up is considered a level puzzle in the custom game mode. This pop-up is considered an annoying pop-up in Processes.

## Bonus driver

When you destroy a pop-up with the Decompiler Gun, there is a chance that it will drop a bonus driver, which can contain the following:

* Increase the fire rate of the Decompiler Gun
* Increase the damage of the Decompiler Gun
* Bonus points
* Bonus Progress Data
* Data protection

## Bricks

The Brick pop-up blocks the horizontal place. You can destroy these Bricks by using your progress bar or with the Decompiler Gun.

## Calculator

The "Calculator" pop-up will require the player to solve a simple two-digit addition or subtraction problem. If it is answered correctly, the pop-up is closed and Calculator will return the message: "Correct!". If it is answered incorrectly, it will give the player new arithmetic problems until the player answers it correctly and returns the message: "Wrong calculations!". However, if you shoot it with the Decompiler Gun, the Calculator says "Math protects me!" and will take damage slower than other pop-ups. This pop-up appears in Progressbar 98 onwards and all server systems.

### In Progresstein 3d

Different than other pop-ups in Progresstein3d, this pop-up appears when the player gets 90% in the progress bar. It has 6 hit points, moves fast and shoots 2 bullets at once. If it's screen displays "0+0", then it will return "-0-" and disappear.

### Gallery

An example of a Calculator's math problem.Calculator, with full health in Progresstein3d.

## Checkbox

The "Checkbox" pop-up look like annoying pop-ups but they have checkboxes. This pop-up appears from Progressbar 95 and onward (excluding Progressbar Chitown). It also appears in Progressbar 2 and 3.14, all server systems, in H@ckgresh, and in Progressbar game mode in BAR/X and B OS.

1. The first variation has these variations: "Don't close" and "Allow closing", and has only one checkbox. If it's checked correctly, the popups will close. If it's incorrectly checked, the popups doesn't close and will be invulnerable to Decompiler Gun.
2. The second variation has these variations: "Uncheck checkboxes" and "Check checkboxes", and has more than 1 checkbox. If all of the checkboxes are unchecked/checked, the close button is enabled.

### Gallery

Small CheckboxLarge Checkbox (old design)Large Checkbox (new design)

## Clippy

*Main article: Clippy*

Clippy is based on Microsoft Office Assistant, a digital assistant infamous for being intrusive that first appeared in Microsoft Office 97, then disabled by default in Microsoft Office XP and later completely removed in Microsoft Office 2007. He can appear in:

* Classic game modes, where it's like Annoying pop-up but moving,
* Progresstein3d, as the most often appearing pop-up,
* Progress Defender, as the only pop-up,
* Progressball, where if the ball touches it then it will spin and give points proportion to the speed it is spinning.

## CPU fan

The CPU fan is a special pop-up that blows away segments, the progressbar, and other pop-ups. It appears sometimes if you have enabled the "CPU fan" option in the Hardware Manager. This pop-up can appear in groups, stays for a couple of seconds and can be used for catching segments easier. This pop-up appears from Progressbar 95 plus onward and all server systems [verify].

Sometimes if you've enabled the LED option, CPU fans may have LED colors and may work faster[verify]. But if you try and shoot it with the Decompiler Gun, the LED colors will fade out quickly every shoot.

If the player presses the CPU fan, the CPU fan will say: "Don't put fingers in the fan!", and if it is pressed more then the pop-up will disappear.

### Gallery

Progressbar 98 to Whisper and 2000 ServerProgressbar XB to Progressbar 81 and Server 2002 to Server 2081Progressbar 10 onward and Server 2011 onwardA CPU fan that has LED colors in Progressbar 10.A CPU fan in Progressbar 7 saying "Don't put fingers in the fan!"

## Decompiler Gun Options

Since version 0.9065, this pop-up always appears at the beginning of a level. It lets you change the mode the Decompiler Gun should use and any extra options to use for the Decompiler Gun. It appears on all Progressbar systems, but not BAR/X, H@ckgresh or B OS.

This pop-up prevents other pop-ups from spawning while it is active. Closing this pop-up will also summon a Clippy pop-up in the 1st form.

## Dog

*Main article: Dog*

Dog is a friendly pop-up that can give you bonus points. He can slide on the taskbar asking you to get points, if you do so he says "Congratulations!".
Upon closing this pop-up, you will also gain 5 points for closing a pop-up.

In Progresstein3d, Dog is the player. You will see Dogs appearing as obstacles. Bumping into them gives you a Bonus from the Dog. Shooting them will cause a Blue Screen of Death to appear.

In Progressball, touching him will give you a Bonus from the Dog which can give you bonus Progressball points.

Dog can also appear in the Browser. Giving him a Cookie will give you a Bonus from the Dog.

## Electricity

The "Electricity" pop-up closely resembles the "Annoying pop-up", but when the progressbar touches it, it triggers an effect where the progressbar abruptly jumps to the opposite side of the screen from where it was touched. This appears in all systems excluding BarOS, and in Progressbar game mode in BAR/X and B OS.

## Empty Pop-up

An empty pop-up can appear in arrays ranging from 1x1 to 4x4. These pop-ups are very small and feature a Warning icon in their title bar. If not closed using the "X" button in the title bar, they severely restrict the progressbar's movement. This appears from Progressbar 98 and onward, Progressbar 2000 Server onward [verify], in H@ckgresh, and in Progressbar game mode in BAR/X and B OS. It is possible for the progress bar to become stuck between two of these.

## Image Viewer

This pop-up only appears at the start of the Progressbar gamemode. It is like Annoying pop-up, but it shows an image. This pop-up sometimes appears in groups.

## Lasers

1 to 3 lasers appear on each horizontal side of the screen. A countdown of 10 seconds occurs before the lasers activate and cause a BSOD when touched; the Decompiler Gun's bullets also get absorbed by the laser beams. Vertical lasers have been existed before, but now they've been removed, most likely that the game would became much more harder.

## Mad Buttons

The Mad Buttons pop-up has multiple close buttons and there is only one right close button. It can have 2, 4 or 6 close buttons. If you tap the correct button this pop-up will close. If you tap the incorrect button, a text saying "Oops!" in the position of the button you pressed will appear.

## Mine

A "Mine" pop-up is similar to the "Annoying pop-up" but explosive. For the first few seconds after this pop-up appears, it will blink - during this time, it cannot give you a Blue Screen of Death. However, if it touches the progressbar after it stops blinking, a red shine with text saying "BYTE!" appears, signifying an explosive effect. This is followed by the mine pop-up exploding into red segments. Shortly afterwards, the Blue Screen of Death appears, resulting in the player losing a life or level. This appears in all systems excluding BarOS, and in Progressbar game mode in BAR/X and B OS. If you enable the "Reduce blinking" option in the Accessibility menu in Settings, this pop-up and the dynamite Clippy pop-up will blink more slowly.

### In Progressstein3d

Mines are dangerous pop-ups in Progresstein3d. Touching a mine will result into a BSOD. The player can shoot the mines, destroying them.

### Gallery

Mine pop-up in the Progressbar game mode..Mine in Progresstein3d.

## Running.dll

Running.dll is a pop-up that moves all over the place and bounces when it hits the progressbar, and it also leads a trail. This popup appears in Progressbar 2 to Progressbar Wista (excluding Progressbar Chitown), Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2005, H@ckgresh, BAR/X and B OS [verify]. When shot by a Decompiler Gun bullet, its titlebar will read "StillRunning.dll" and there will be a progressbar tracking its health.

## System32

If the user deletes a system directory, a System32 pop-up will appear in the beginning of the next level the user plays, replacing the Decompiler Gun options pop-up.

> "I am the System 32. You may call me Sys32. I am completely operational
> You've killed me recently. That is okay. I have a very good memory(RAM)!"
>
>

This pop-up prevents the System32 boss from spawning while it is active, and it also forces the player to use the starter Decompiler Gun.

### System32 (boss)

System32 also appears as a boss in levels that end in 5 or 9 (levels 5, 9, 15, 19, 25, 29, and so on). System32 will deploy 4 grays and 4 pinks segments every few seconds. Sometimes System32 will appear with the Protective panel which requires a player to disable the 4 checkboxes on the corner. After deactivating System32's boss protection, the bubble message will appear and it will say: "System File Shield (SFS) has been turned off". After defeating System32, the 2 text files will appear with the name "SYS" and "TEM", although the notepad description is the same as Trash.txt, and it will appear the error message and it will say:

> "You defeat me! But I have a backup! See you soon! Have a nice day!"
>
>

### Gallery

System32 pop-up in Progressbar XBSystem32 boss pop-upIn this position, the pink and gray segments will not do anything

## Task failed happily error

The Task failed happily error is a distracting pop-up which only appears at the start of the Progressbar gamemode. This pop-up is an error box which contains the text "Task failed happily", when pressing OK, the text will change into "OK has failed" and the OK button will disappear, the only way to get rid of this pop-up is to shoot it with the Decompiler Gun or to press the big red X button.

## Unexpected error

The Unexpected error is a pop-up which only appears at the start of the Progressbar gamemode. This pop-up is an error box which contains the text "Unexpected error". If you try to shoot it with the Decompiler Gun, the text becomes shorter and shorter. But if you press OK, the text will change into "OK has failed" and the OK button will disappear, like the Task failed happily error.

## Video driver error

The Video driver error popup is a medium-sized popup with the title "Warning!", and a message: "Video driver error!". Parts of the screen become colored negative, which can make the game more difficult because it is possible to confuse segments (blue/yellow, cyan/red, green/pink).
After a some time, another popup will appear, saying "The problem fixed itself", and the screen will return to normal.
This popup appears in Progressbar Meme onward.

### Gallery

Video driver error warning"The problem fixed itself"The payload in action

## Trivia

* In the Google Play Store, the screenshot of Progressbar95 game has a different name for the Annoying pop-up and Calculator. The Annoying pop-up is named "Stupid pop-up", and the Calculator is named "Stupid calculator".
	+ In a few screenshots, Annoying pop-up was accidentally called "Stupid calculator".
* PB-DOS Shell is the only Progressbar system to not have pop-ups.