How to close all windows

Question

I would like to close all open windows. This will not minimize the windows but the script will close all windows even if it is minimized. Is there a way to do this in a batch program or powershell?

Answer 1

use this in powershell:

Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.MainWindowTitle -ne ""} | stop-process

-note: this close powershell console or ise too and can't end his job!

(get-process | ? { $_.mainwindowtitle -ne "" -and $_.processname -ne "powershell" } )| stop-process

this way only powershell windows is still alive but the last command in your script can be

stop-process powershell

note: this no affect tray icon minimized process.

EDIT:

to close 'control panel' on xp try this:

(New-Object -comObject Shell.Application).Windows() | where-object {$_.LocationName -eq "Control Panel"} | foreach-object {$_.quit()}

to close all explorer.exe windows:

(New-Object -comObject Shell.Application).Windows() | foreach-object {$_.quit()}

Answer 2

Today I was looking for that too and then wrote an autoit minimal script, send 99 times Keys: Alt F4

1. install autoit3 www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/

2. short version: file "end.au3"

    $loop=99
    While $loop
      $loop=$loop-1
      Send("!{F4}")    ; // send Keyboard Alt + F4 = close Window in Windows
    WEnd
   

3. run it in Autoit Editor with menu > tools > go or run it with F5

4. long version: make, in same folder as "end.au3" , a "end.exe" file and put on deskt..

    #Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
    #AutoIt3Wrapper_Outfile=end.exe
    #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
   
    ToolTip('au3    close all    EXIT ', 0, 0)  ;// litle box top left
   
    $loop=99
    While $loop
      $loop=$loop-1
      Send("!{F4}")    ;// send Keyboard Alt + F4 = close Window in Windows
    WEnd
   
    Exit