If you have a Windows key on your keyboard (located between Ctrl and Alt), more useful shortcuts present themselves:

Windows Key + E:  Opens Explorer
Windows Key + R:  Opens the Run dialog
Windows Key + D:  Shows the desktop
Windows Key + M:  Minimises all windows
Windows Key + F:  Shows the Find Files dialog
Windows Key + Ctrl + F  Shows the Find Computers dialog
Windows Key + Pause/Break  Shows System Properties
Windows Key + Tab  Cycles through applications (Enter will select)

Note that the D and M shortcuts differ in that M does not minimise modal windows...

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START + SHIFT + M will undo Minimize all, even after you open another window.... which is an annoyance with XP's "Show Desktop Feature" since "Show Open Windows" is imediatly disabled after you open one window. START + SHIFT + M can, however, be used after START + D (Show the Desktop) thankfully.

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There are Close Active Window and Minimize All Windows commands, but is there a Close All Windows command? It sure would be handy. Thanks, Mattiwos


On Thursday, August 1, 2002 at 1:48 am, Ratboy wrote:
>If you have a Windows key on your keyboard (located between Ctrl and Alt), more useful
>shortcuts present themselves:

>Windows Key + E:  Opens Explorer
>Windows Key + R:  Opens the Run dialog
>Windows Key + D:  Shows the desktop
>Windows Key + M:  Minimises all windows
>Windows Key + F:  Shows the Find Files dialog
>Windows Key + Ctrl + F  Shows the Find Computers dialog
>Windows Key + Pause/Break  Shows System Properties
>Windows Key + Tab  Cycles through applications (Enter will select)
>
>Note that the D and M shortcuts differ in that M does not minimise modal windows...

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Not as far as I know.  The nearest shortcut to this is for explorer windows.  If 
they are set to open a new window every time you open a folder, then holding Shift 
whilst clicking the "X" close button will close all previously opened windows too.

However, it techniquely shouldn't be difficult to write an application (e.g. in Visual 
Basic) that would ask every running program to close...







On Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 9:17 pm, Mattiwos wrote:
>There are Close Active Window and Minimize All Windows commands, but is there a 
Close 
>All Windows command?  It sure would be handy.  
>
>Thanks,
>Mattiwos
>

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I've used KillWin, and it seems to do the trick: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,6288,00.asp


On Monday, September 22, 2003 at 1:40 am, Ratboy wrote:

>Not as far as I know.  The nearest shortcut to this is for explorer windows.  If 
>they are set to open a new window every time you open a folder, then holding Shift 
>whilst clicking the "X" close button will close all previously opened windows too.
>
>However, it techniquely shouldn't be difficult to write an application (e.g. in 
Visual 
>Basic) that would ask every running program to close...
>
>
>

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To close or minimise a group of windows opened with the same application in XP, right click on the application name in the task bar. Select the "Close Group" or "Minimise Group" option. Don't know if it works in other Windows versions.


On Friday, October 17, 2003 at 6:59 pm, ari wrote:
>I've used KillWin, and it seems to do the trick:
>http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,6288,00.asp
>
>

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I know this is probally abit late now, but may be useful for others. Following on 
from the previous messages.

To close all explorer windows (where each folder opens in a new window --- Parent-Child) 
as mentioned you can hold down shift and click on the x to close all the windows, 
but you can also use shift+alt+F4 (this works a treat).

However there are things to note: 
1:>
The shift+alt+F4 command muxt be executed from the last child window
opened, if executed higher-up it will only close all windows up to the parent and 
leave all child windows below open. This is usefull in you have opne 20 windows to 
get to your folder than want to close the other 19. 

2:>
If you open explorer windows from differnt sessions i.e. have 2 parent windows then 
this shortcut will only close the windows of that particular parent-child group (bear 
in mind the first point above).

Regards
Mandeep





On Friday, November 21, 2003 at 11:35 am, doobeedo wrote:
>To close or minimise a group of windows opened with the same application in XP, 
right 
>click on the application name in the task bar. Select the "Close Group" or "Minimise 
>Group" option. Don't know if it works in other Windows versions.
>
>

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If you hold down CTRL and click on the windows you want to close on the TaskBar and then right click and press close......they'll all go!!

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