help ! - 200 finder windows - close ?

christm · Apr 23, 2007

how can i close 200 finder windows without having to manualy do it ?

ToddG · Apr 23, 2007

Apple icon (top left corner of screen)

select Force Quit

select Finder

click Relaunch button

immdb · Apr 23, 2007

option + close button

christm · Apr 23, 2007

thanks so much

ToddG · Apr 23, 2007

immdb said:
option + close button

That's so much more friggin useful than my way! Thanks, immdb! REP!

christm · Apr 23, 2007

wait

they dont work - just close the finder and re-open it with all the 200 windows ?

any ideas ?

christm · Apr 23, 2007

i have tried restarting and shutting down but no luck.

HELP !

immdb · Apr 23, 2007

Hold the option key down and click on the close window button (the red one)
it will close all open windows (works in applications also)

RiDE · Apr 23, 2007

??? Maybe APPLE+W 200 times...

immdb · Apr 23, 2007

if they close individually and not the way that I indicate, then you have other problems.

giulio · Apr 23, 2007

If you prefer the mouseless way, command+option+w

christm · Apr 23, 2007

ok thanks.

christm · Apr 23, 2007

done !

thanks - use the comman - option - w

CreativeGuy · Apr 24, 2007

I'm glad that worked for you... I was concerned some goof-ball was going to come in here and tell you to repair permissions or some such happy horsecrap!

MBasile · Apr 24, 2007

now that the problem is solved....why did you have 200 open finder windows?

christm · Apr 25, 2007

lol i accidently opened all of my itunes folders.

so all the music folders. lol

MBasile · Apr 25, 2007

christm said:
lol i accidently opened all of my itunes folders.

so all the music folders. lol

smooth move exlax

RiDE · Apr 25, 2007

I did something similar a long time ago..

Here's what it looked like.

To the credit of OSX.. everything still ran perfectly smooth

MaDDoG · Apr 25, 2007

Yeah...good question...what were you doing prior to all the windows opening?

RiDE · Apr 25, 2007

Below is NOT mine.. but it is a WHOLE LOT of open items...