Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

I have Windows 7 and it worked by using Control W. I opened a few folders and when I used Control W for each folder they closed immediately.

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-userscom, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

When do you hit the passthrough key in the sequence?

Thanks,

Justin

Thanks JM! That works beautifully for me.

Cheers

Zel

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.

https://www.ntwind.com/software/closeall.html

Yo my friend,

I’m trying to comprehend this…

So hold down the alt key, hit tab, then the bypass command then hit delete?

I’m guilty of having several windows open, until I came across a program that I found on a website that no longer exists jaws-users.com, called close all, so I use that and have been for years.

I have the shortcut on the taskbar, so when I’m done for the night, or day, and since I always have several windows open, I just do windows key 3 and all is gone.

Your method sounds neat though.

Hey everyone.

I wanted to share this because I thought it was sort of a neat discovery that might benefit someone out there as it does me, a bit.

So, as everyone knows, Windows has a lot of neat keyboard commands that are useful for a number of things throughout the operating system.

Ever realise you have a craplaod of a windows open, and it’s too much,a nd you want to close them? Are you, like me, still sort of stuck on using alt-tab to go from window to window? If you find yourself in this position, what you probably do is alt-tab to a bunch of open windows, then hit alt-f4 to close each one until your windows are a little more manageable and fewer in number.

Well, did you know, that you can, in fact, hold down the alt key, press tab, have your focused window announced, and then, without letting go of the alt key, just hit delete, and that window will close?

It’s true! And pretty great.

Except hey, wait a minute! There’s an unusual JAWS keystroke, alt-delete, that probably most of us don’t use. This keystroke announces the active cursor and it’s position relative to the window in focus. This jaws keystroke interferes with the operation of the Windows keystroke alt-delete, which will close windows as you alt-tab through them.

Now, you could just delete or redefine this jaws keystroke, I guess, if you wanted to. But, If you use the pass key through command, jaws key + number-row 3, you can follow it by any number of alt-tabs, and, so long as you continue to hold the alt key down, the alt-delete windows keystroke works to close the window you’ve focused on. So in other words, if you use pass key through, so long as you hold the alt key down and continue to do so, you can press tab any number of times you want, and delete, and it counts as a single keystroke.

This is really cool on a couple of different levels, but especially knowing that you don’t have to hit alt-tab, release, alt-f4 to close, then alt-tab again, release, and on and on, even if you 8are* addicted to alt-tab rather than going to your open windows some other and arguably more efficient way. And I do count myself among that number. But from now on, I think I’ll be using alt-delete a lot more often to deal with those accumulated open windows.

Before you ask, no, this doesn’t appear to work with browser tabs and ctrl-tab/delete. But, those aren’t a part of windows. Maybe someone should try with the new Windows 11 tabbed explorer feature.