Possible to use Autmator to quit all open apps?

Question

Is it possible to use Autmoator to quit all open apps?
I'm looking for either a script, or a utility, that will quit all the apps I have open at one keystroke (apart from hitting the shutdown button)
The "FunKeys" utility used to do this, but it's not compatible with Intel Macs.
Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.
MacPro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   G5 Quad

Answer 1

You can use the following AppleScript in a "Run AppleScript" action and save it off as a Finder plug-in to give you a contextual menu.
I have put in a test to prevent Script Editor from being quit. That could be removed if you need it to be.
click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">tell application "System Events"
set theProcesses to name of application processes whose background only is false
repeat with i from 1 to count of theProcesses
set thisProcess to item i of theProcesses
if (thisProcess is not equal to "Script Editor") and (thisProcess is not equal to "Finder") then
my QuitProcess(thisProcess)
end if
end repeat
end tell
to QuitProcess(thisApplication)
tell application thisApplication
quit
end tell
end QuitProcess</pre>
PowerBook 12"   Mac OS X (10.4.8)