Close all the windows of an application at once

Hi C, this is Kimberly. I'm glad to assist you today.

Unfortunately, Windows itself doesn’t have a built-in “close all without saving” command, the prompt is coming from WordPerfect, not from Windows, and it’s deliberately there to prevent data loss.

That means the only ways to bypass it are:

1. Use WordPerfect’s own settings (if available) to disable the prompt

Some older versions of WordPerfect have an option in Tools → Settings → Environment or Files to control the "Confirm save on close" behavior.

If your version has such a setting, you could temporarily turn off the confirmation prompt, close all documents, then turn it back on.

However, many versions don’t have this feature.

2. Force-quit the processes from Task Manager

If you’re absolutely sure you don’t want to save anything, you can:

Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

Go to the Details or Processes tab (depending on Windows version)

Find each wpwin*.exe or WordPerfect process (you’ll see ~25 of them)

Select them all (Ctrl-click or Shift-click), then press End Task.

This will terminate WordPerfect instantly without saving changes — no prompts will appear.

Warning: This is the software equivalent of yanking the power cord — you will lose any unsaved changes (which in your case is the goal).

3. Command-line kill (faster for many windows)

Instead of ending them one by one in Task Manager, you can run in Command Prompt or PowerShell:

Command Prompt

taskkill /IM wpwin*.exe /F

PowerShell

Stop-Process -Name "wpwin*" -Force

This closes all running instances of WordPerfect instantly.

4. Future prevention tip

If you’ll do this again, consider opening such files in read-only mode (many programs, including WordPerfect, have “File → Open → Read-Only” checkboxes) so they won’t be marked as changed, and you can close them without prompts.

Should you have more questions, please let me know.

Best regards,

Kimberly