Is There A Way To Close All Open Windows?

[hatchetman 0]

Hello,

I am new to AutoIT and I was wondering if there is a way to close (killl) all open windows on the desktop.

-Thanks

[CyberSlug 3]

Not tested, but might work. It should keep activating and closing windows until none is left.

Send("!Tab");Alt+Tab switches to the next active window

While Not WinActive("Program Manager");Program Manager is the Desktop
   WinKill("");kills the active window
   WinClose("");Because WinKill might not work on Explorer windows
   Send("!Tab")
   sleep(100) ;pause a few milliseconds
WEnd

Hmm, looking at my post count, this post is potentially

Edited March 4, 2004 by CyberSlug

[Jon 855]

I'll put a "get windows" function on the todo list.

[hatchetman 0]

The reason why is I want to write a script that automates some tasks for myself on the internet and depending on my connection speed it might fail. If it fails I would like the ability to close all the windows on the desktop and start over fresh.

Thanks for all the great responses!

[MattNis 0]

do you want to kill internet explorer windows specifically?

you could use ProcessClose("iexplore.exe")