Kill 'em all is an external written for use with OtherMenu which is a really cool utility written by James Walker. It is sort of a quick hack but seems to work just fine.
I finally got my dream and now have 12 megs of RAM in my Mac. This is great for opening up everything I need and never running out of memory. Unfortunately, after a huge downloading session (you know, you have Zterm, Compact Pro, MacCompress, TeachText, MS Word, SitToCpt, DeSea all open at once) I can end up with a bunch of open applications. I can't empty the trash because all the folders have open files, etc. It is sort of a pain to go through and choose each application with the application menu and do a quit. What I want to do is just quit them all. Now with Kill 'em all, I can do this easily.
When envoked from the OtherMenu, Kill 'em all will kill all open applications except for the Finder. Initially it will ask you to confirm that each application should be killed, but you can change in the settings dialog. Also in the setting dialog is the option of giving an exception for one certain application. This application must be identified by its creator (ie MSWD for Word, PJMM for THINK Pascal). The settings dialog for OtherMenu externals can be accessed by holding down the shift key when choosing the external from OtherMenu.
All standard disclaimers are multiplied several times over here. OtherMenu uses undocumented features and I haven't tested this external on any machine other than mine. Use it but use it wisely.
This external is free copyrighted software but I would appreciate it if you would drop me a line if you use it. If you think it is really cool I can always use a few dollars but that is totally up to you. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
