Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Close All Windows - The Easy Way

This program lets you close all running applications with just a single click. It doesn’t use system resources because it only flashes a ‘close’ signal to all open applications on the desktop and then ceases. Just create a shortcut to the tool in the Start Menu, Quick Launch, Windows 7 Taskbar or elsewhere.

Close All - Windows XP

Close All on Windows XP Quick Launch


Close All - Windows 7 Taskbar

Close All on Windows 7 Taskbar/Superbar

You can always add a hotkey to this shortcut. It is really very handy if you are running ~20 applications and want them all to quit instantly. It works just as if you were pressing the close button for each application.

How To Install

Close All Windows is a very simple utility that doesn’t require installation. No settings are stored in the Windows Registry or file system. Just follow the steps below to set it up on your computer.

  1. Download the ZIP archive and extract it somewhere on your hard drive.
  2. Close All - Extract the Archive
  3. Open the extracted folder, right-click CloseAll.exe and choose Send To -> Desktop (create shortcut) from the context menu.
  4. Close All - Create Shortcut
  5. Switch to the Desktop and rename the created shortcut to “Close All” or whatever you want.
  6. Close All - Rename ShortcutClose All - Shortcut
  7. Now you can drag this shortcut to the Quick Launch Bar or to the Windows 7 Taskbar for quick access.
  8. Close All - Pin to TaskbarClose All - Pin to Taskbar

Advanced Options

If you want to prevent certain applications from being to be closed by Close All, you can add a simple exclusion list to the CloseAll.exe command line.

  1. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties from the context menu:
  2. Close All - Shortcut Properties
  3. Go to the Shortcut tab, Target and add -x="app-to-exclude.exe":
  4. Close All Windows - Exclusion List

You can separate multiple values with “|” (pipe), example:

-x="explorer.exe|firefox.exe|msnmsgr.exe"

Click OK to save the shortcut properties. Remember, you'd better test it before using it!



Close All Windows v1.3, updated on February 18, 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit):

Download - CloseAll.zip (36 KB)

If you are looking for the way to close all open windows using a keyboard shortcut, check out WindowSpace - Ctrl+Win+Alt+F4, by default.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Intentionally Corrupt Your Word Document.

If you are a student or employee, you know how important it is to submit your work in time to not get insulted and humiliated in front of whole class/office. Though you trick for several excuses you’ll still get scolded in front of class/office, because your job was to submit your work on time.

But what if there is a good and successful way to have excuses? If you are one of those who is not able to complete their assignment or project on time then you might want to know what it is that let you get the excuses.

Document Corrupter is web application that allows you to corrupt your good state files intentionally so that no one can open it.

Let’s start by corrupting a Test document.

  1. Go to Document Corrupter homepage.
  2. Click on Choose File button to browse the file you want to corrupt.

  1. After choosing file, you may check on Shuffle the pieces box depending upon the person’s who have good knowledge in tweaking the documents.
  2. Click on Submit button.
  3. After the conversion is complete, you can download the corrupted file in separate location.
  4. Your download will start.

5. When you open it you’ll be prompted with unexpected error.

You’ll get excuse to redo your paper again while you’ll get plenty of time to finish the remaining part of your non-corrupted document.

If you want to corrupt files other than .doc then you can try this method.