Close all Photoshop windows at once

546 Inspiron said:

There is nothing to see. It is just a matter of using the right combo of pulldown menu selections, or maybe it can't be done but it sure is annoying to manually close 100 windows. I actually did close the all at once one time but I don't know what I did.

If you want to close all open Windows in PSE and PSE itself just use alt-f4

Is it becaues there is a window open for each loaded file?

Try looking on the File menu for an option to "Close All", most multiple document programs have one.

WindowsStar said:

546 Inspiron said:

Why do I need all that info? Isn't there a preference, keyboard letters, or something in the pulldown menus that will allow all the open windows to shut down at once? I did it one time but don't know what I did to make it work.

It was the fastest way I know to help you, without asking you a billion questions, you know a picture is worth a thousand words.

No it's just that I don't know how to capture an exe. from the program etc., I'm not that computer literate.

fishnbanjo said:

546 Inspiron said:

There is nothing to see. It is just a matter of using the right combo of pulldown menu selections, or maybe it can't be done but it sure is annoying to manually close 100 windows. I actually did close the all at once one time but I don't know what I did.

If you want to close all open Windows in PSE and PSE itself just use alt-f4

That's it! after 20 years of closing 50 to 100+ windows one at a time you have supplied me with a solution. I hit the power button a few times to force a shutdown but that was a rough way to go. It really was a pain to shut down 100 windows one at a time. The strange thing is that after I used the "alt f4" method my "close all windows " tab on the pulldown menu started working and shut them down also, (after 20 yrear of struggling). Thanks everyone for you help and reps given here.

fseal said:

Is it becaues there is a window open for each loaded file?

Try looking on the File menu for an option to "Close All", most multiple document programs have one.

Yes it was because there was a window open for each file and a dialog box popped up every time asking if I wanted to save the file before closing. The "close all tabs" in the pulldown menu would be too easy, i tried that thing about 50 times. fishnbango's method is the ticket bacause I close the program after closing 100+ windows anyway.

Well I took fishnbangos advice and it worked one time. It was simply pressing alt and f4. Now it just makes my dialogue window just blink on and off.

Still can't close all the open windows in PS Elements 5 all at one time. I would settle for anything short of hitting the power off button on the CPU. I tried alt>f4 and it worked one time but now the diologue box just blinks when I hit it. I just hit the power of button a couple times but it is too drastic. I have been closing 50-100 windows one at a time for 20 years so any help would be appreciated. This is about the fourth time I have requested help on this.