New folders are always opened in a new window on my system because I think it’s a comfortable way to work with folders and windows. I never liked the default way of opening a new folder in the same window. This spawns a lot of windows when I navigate to a folder like the Firefox profile folder and I would like to pass a tip on how I close multiple windows in the taskbar at once with no effort at all.
No third party software or add-on is needed for this little tip that saved me lots of time over the years. All you need to do is to press the CTRL key and left-click the folders that you want to close. Once all folders have been selected right-click the last and select Close Group from the menu.
This closes all the selected folders at once. This works pretty well with other windows and can be used to quickly close multiple programs that reside in the taskbar as well and it is even possible to mix applications and folders.
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Brilliant! This one’s up with the ctrl key held when clicking the top-right ‘X’ window-close in order to remember its settings.
Is there a definitive list of these key combo’s available?
I did not know this trick, thanks :)
Hello again Martin. You can use this same technique to tile multiple windows on your screen:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/437645/secret_windows_tip_improve_productivity.html?cat=59
Very handy if you don’t have multiple monitors (like on my laptop).