How to force quit & close all windows at the same time?
How to force quit & close all windows at the same time? Thanks!
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
How to force quit & close all windows at the same time? Thanks!
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Do you mean force quit a single application? One way to do that is by holding option when clicking on the relevant dock icon and selecting "Force Quit".
Do you mean force quit ALL applications?
I don't think there is a graceful way to do that.
A brutal way to do it is to force quit the WindowServer process via Activity Monitor (in your Utilities folder).
charlie
I want to force quit a single application and close all its windows at the same time (I don't want to have all its windows open when I start this application again).
Ah. Force quit is probably not the answer.
You want to hold the option key down while quitting, i.e., option-command-q.
chalrie
No I want to force quit and close all windows 😉 Apple should allow this in my opinion.
Not sure if this is available in Lion (since I downgraded), but hold down Command-Option-Esc, then select a program while holding the Shift key. Then use the up/down arrows to force quit multiple programs. All windows should close. I'm on SL but give this a shot.
:3
EDIT: Just realized what you were talking about with Windows...lol (with them opening the next time you launch the app). Hmm. Wish I had a Lion machine to test this out. You could relaunch Finder after quitting and see if that does anything.
Hey CT,
I actually did this: A brutal way to do it is to force quit the WindowServer process via Activity Monitor (in your Utilities folder).
What aree the effects. Will my computer have any problems?
When choosing Restart, Sleep or Shutdown there is a checkbox you can uncheck to prevent the apps from launching.
Also in System Preferences > General there is a hard-to-find checkbox under "Number of recent items" you can turn off.
If you want to turn it off on a per app basis, (TextEdit is by example, replace TextEdit with the name of the app)
Launch Terminal and copy/paste this at the prompt...
defaults write com.apple.TextEdit NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
Press return.
To turn off Resume globally...
chflags uchg ~/Library/"Saved Application State"
Press return
The reverse of the first one is to replace false with true.
The reverse of the second one is
chflags nouchg ~/Library/"Saved Application State"
Automator and a few easy steps to make a close all personal app.
Automator is easier than Terminal, and allows single-click run.
Close all using Automator instead of Terminal - it's easier!
How to force quit & close all windows at the same time?