Force quit all question

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#1

I’m trying to force a logoff and force quit all user processes with the following script:

tell application "System Events"
	do shell script "killall -u myusername"
	delay 5
	keystroke "q" using {shift down, command down}
	set frontmost to true
	delay 1
	keystroke return
end tell

However, some applications return with a dialog to confirm a quit which I don’t want. I should also note that this script should work independent of which application is open.

Any ideas?

#2

try a

killall -u user -9

#3

I had tried that also but to no avail. For example, when an unsaved document is open in ScriptEditor, the app will ask for a confirmation. The same when multiple tabs are open in FireFox.

#4

how about killing all process themselves and then logging the user out… this is the code I use in a application of mine

set exclude_apps to {"Finder"}

tell application "System Events" to set the_apps to name of processes whose background only is false

repeat with the_app in the_apps
	if exclude_apps does not contain the_app then
		tell application the_app to activate
		try
			do shell script "/bin/kill `ps ax -w | awk /'" & the_app & "'/ | awk '{print $1}'`"
		end try
	end if
end repeat

tell application "System Events" to log out
#5

Perfect that is exactly what I was looking for! There is only a tiny error in your script, the scriptapplication should be on the list of excluded programs as well. Otherwise the log out comand will be ignored.

#6

Heheh well my actualy application of this is a Xcode App and yeah I have the name in the excluded apps list… I removed it here since it didn’t apply. that is unless you have an app named Phoenix you want to not be quit.