Close all open windows with one click.

KeithM said:

PowerShell to close all Explorer windows:

(New-Object -ComObject shell.application).windows() | %{$_.quit()}

can be appended to Kari's command with a semicolon:

"Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.MainWindowTitle -ne ''} | stop-process; (New-Object -ComObject shell.application).windows() | %{$_.quit()}"

Keith

I get an error message when I cut & paste your command.

f14tomcat said:

Sounds like to need to set the Start Menu to Full Screen for this One-Key option to fully cover the screen display.

This is not a 3rd party option. It is pure native Windows, already built in with nothing more you need to create.

I noticed in one of your previous posts you did not want to see the Task Bar. An advantage to keeping the Task Bar visible, in your situation, is you can right-click any of the app/browser/explorer icons showing and close the app/browser/explorer window from there. Without opening them back up and showing the contents. May be handy for your purpose.

To set the Start Menu full screen (covers everything):


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Indeed, that got it to full screen. I now have two options I can use, both with just one key press. Thanks.

It now works Keith. I was just pasting all within the " ". Once I realized I needed to include PowerShell - command as well, it worked.
I will now mark this thread as Solved. Thank you all who contributed, I am most grateful.