Minimize everything and show desktop: (or between the desktop and Start screen in Windows 8.Open a recently closed tab in your internet broswer: Ctrl + Shift 'T'.For example, to copy text (Ctrl + 'C'), you would highlight the text and press and hold the 'Ctrl' (or control) key on your keyboard, then tap the 'C' key before releasing both keys. (see screenshot below) This will close all currently open instances of the app. 2 In the Processes tab, select the app you want to close under the Apps section, and click/tap on the End task button or press the Del (delete) key. There are several ways to close all your running applications faster and conveniently however closing them all at once is not possible without turning off the computer. Close Open App or Window from Task Manager 1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) in more details view. The list displays key combinations that are intended to be pressed and held until all are completed. Thank you for sharing your concern, let me help you sort things out. Where can I find these keys on my keyboard? Windows Solution 2: Temporarily disable background programs. This page includes a guide to a few useful combinations that will help you complete tasks more quickly. Right-click the programs icon in the system tray (next to the clock), and choose Close, Exit, or Disable. They are useful and often great time-savers. I was not able to find the desktop name in the environment variables (and it was not worth the trouble).Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of keystrokes that allow you to quickly perform an action. I also noticed that Diego is right about the desktop name, and my Linux executable would only work on a French xfce environment with the desktop named 'Bureau'. close all open windows gracefully without closing the Desktop environment P.Parameters.Add('powershell -command '(New-Object -comObject Shell.Application).Windows() | foreach-object | stop-process'') 1 Using Exit option Here are the steps: Launch Firefox browser Click on the Open. P.ShowWindow := swoHIDE // Cache la console Close all opened tabs in Firefox browser at once Using Exit option Using Browser Window Closer add-on.

You can configure it to close Tasks by middle-click to the tasks entry immediately in the task bar. The best 3rd party solution I found is 7+ Taskbar Tweaker. I wrote a small Linux/Windows cross-compilable Pascal prog compiled with Lazarus/FPC for my own use, which launches his wmctrl command, or the equivalent Powershell windows command: program CloseAll The fastest native solution seems to be Win + Tab and then middle-click the Apps to close them.

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