Ack! Spaces is not working and I can't get to the system prefs!

So i thought I'd give "Spaces" another try. I clicked the button to turn it all and everything went haywire.
2 dozen apps open, several with dozens of windows each.
And now I can't get to them. I can switch to them via dock or command-tab, but none of the windows are visible. This includes, unfortunately, the actual system preferences window, which would allow me to shut spaces off.
If I press F19, all the windows for everything become visible, but if I try to click on any of them, they all disappear.
I have tried navigating through the spaces using my arrow keys, and while I do get the spaces indicator window popping up showing me shifting from space to space, most of the applications fail to appear.
I know I could just reboot and that would probably let me back in control, but I don't want to just crash out the apps I have up with the multiple windows open!
Help!

Rebooting won't just 'crash' the apps. They are told to quit by Finder so that the restart will proceed in an orderly way.
If an application has a file open, it should pop up with a request to save option.
If it does, and finder won't let you click on the option you want, then you're in a bind anyway. If you can't bring up Activity Monitor and quit applications from there, then you will need to do a 'force quit' - Command + Option + Escape and choose to shut down the applications you can.
Although it's never recommended, you will probably need to just force the system down and reboot. Repair Permissions whenever you have to 'force' anything.

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