Help with closing windows

[mattw112]

I was wondering what the best way to do this is?

When I'm doing an uninstall on a machine, sometime there are windows open on the machines before I start. Could be error dialogs, could be other apps, whatever.

I want to close all windows that are open on the machine before doing the uninstall.

Some may be minimized, some may be maximized, some I guess could even be hidden.

The other piece is I don't know all the possible combination of things that could be open so I can't kill the processes.

Is there a way to either gett his information, or maybe just maximize all windows and then do a winclose one at a time, or maybe another command to say close all open windows, which would be the easiest?

Thanks,

Terry

PS - I'm fairly new to this so if I'm missing something let me know! Thanks.

[CyberSlug]

Sounds risky in that a user could lose unsaved data. I think I've seen, sometwhere in these forums, an example using WinList to help close all windows.

I'd personally just ProcessClose the program you are trying to uninstall....

[mattw112]

Sounds risky in that a user could lose unsaved data. I think I've seen, sometwhere in these forums, an example using WinList to help close all windows.

I'd personally just ProcessClose the program you are trying to uninstall....

Thanks, I'll look for some winlist stuff.

Closing processes would be fine, except not knowing the name. Could be many different things open, not just what I'm uninstalling. As for users losing info, were giving them warning in advance, 30 min, blocking input, etc...

Terry

Edited May 25, 2006 by mattw112