CloseAll

CloseAll is a small command-line utility that allows you to close all Windows applications.

This utility can work in all versions of Windows operating system: Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

Platforms

• Windows

Features

• Window closing
• Exception list
• Prevent focused window from closing.
• Ignore startup applications
• [TODO] Whitelist applications in a .txt file.

Arguments

• -except (-e)

Will not close specific windows.

Input Accepts a list of parameters representing window titles.

Usage closeall -except discord devenv : All the processes will get killed, except Discord and Visual Studio

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• -igonre-startup (-i-s)

Startup processes won't get killed.

Usage closeall -ignore-startup

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• -help

List available arguments and usage.

Usage closeall -help

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• -nofocus (-nf)

Focused window won't get killed

Usage closeall -nofocus

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[TODO] -warn (-w)

Windows that issue a warning before closure, will not be force-killed until confirmation.

Usage closeall -warn

Important

This utility is still in development, and on execution it will force-kill every open window, without any saving or confirmation prompt, to prevent that , include -w.

On compilation , the utility will be placed in %dir&/Bin/Debug or %dir&/Bin/Release, there is also a Release version.

To use it from cmd, move add the utility to PATH.