Opened all files in a folder accidently, how to stop this process?

[shankar2]

So I accidently did a select all in a folder full of 100s of files, and then double clicked on the selected files!

This launched all the files in a fast sequence!

My question is how to do I stop this process in the finder? I tried force quit finder but it didn't stop the files from opening!

What's the solution so it doesn't happen again? :-(

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

In the old days you could use command-. To stop processes, but I don't know if they have removed it in macOS.

 

[dianeoforegon]

You might not be able to stop the process, but it's easy to close all. Hold Option key when clicking on the red close button. It will close all windows.

 

[adrianlondon]

I did that once. I rebooted 🙂

 

[mikzn]

What's the solution so it doesn't happen again? :-(

My guess is that you "selected all" or had multiple files / folders selected when you opened one of the files - as long as only one file is selected it should not happen again?