Can't close windows

I am unable to close new windows in Safari. I can close individual tabs, but I can't close the windows. It's been like this since for a few months, now, and it's driving me crazy! (I think it happened right after I installed some update, but I don't know which...)

Hello joel:
There is no "automatic" way to determine what you have added (IMHO, adding 'stuff' to programs is not a very good idea).
I would try the things I mentioned above. If that does not help, delete Safari and reinstall it from your software install DVD.
Barry

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ALL OF A SUDDEN , MY POINTER ARROW IS OUT OF CONTROL OR WON'T MOVE. I DON'T USE A MOUSE. THE WINDOWS SHAKE LIKE WHEN I'M TOLD I HAVE THE WRONG PASSWORD AND THEN THE WINDOWS FADE, SWITCH AND/OR FLIP AROUND. THERE ARE NOT THE 3 DOTS IN THE LEFT-HAND CORNER SO I CAN'T CLOSE WINDOWS WHEN I FINISH WORKING WITH SITES. MY MAC HAS STARTED ACTED WEIRD SINCE I STARTED USING LION. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi,
I work for Dr Pod, an iPod repair company. This sounds to be that the hard drive is dying in the iPod. As it is an older iPod it is out of its one year warranty, the iPod won't be repaired for free by Apple, and you'd need to consider wether it'd be better to have the iPod repaired by an iPod repair company such as my own, or to purchase a new one from Apple.
If you did choose to purchase a new iPod from Apple, then they do provide 10% off the cost of a new iPod if you exchange in your old one. I'm not sure if this applies to faulty ones though (I have heard of some people being turned away for having a faulty device).
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I am trying out Safari 4 Public Beta on my HP 2133 which runs Vista Business with service pack 1.
When I try to close a Safari window by left clicking on the cross in the red box on the top right of the window nothing happens. In fact all 3 buttons (minimize, window size and red cross) act as one to change the window size when I double left click.
I can only close the window by right clicking on the application in the tray and selecting close.
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I too was having this problem with my home HP Desktop. I love the new beta an use it on my home HP desktop, home HP laptop, and work HP desktop and was having the problem only on the Home desktop. Tonight I discovered that if I change my Windows Theme (right click desktop/personalize/theme) to anything but Windows Vista then the functionality of said buttons work again. It appears that Safari Beta does not like the straight Windows Vista theme or at least that's my diagnosis as of now.

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Is there any way to close the windows of application (when quitting - ie System Preferences => General) BUT not have this affect the finder application.
I want the windows I have opened in the finder to remain opened, but everything else to close upon quitting

Well, for some time now (since I upgraded to Mavericks) my startup goes on and on.
It will, on occasion, finish correctly and I can go on with my work, but usually, it hangs.
I can restart the finder 2 or 3 times and get it to finish loading.
If I go into System Preferences => General => and turn “Close windows when quitting an application” on, then restart, the finder usually starts up faster and does not hang
Obviously, there is some operation that is running in the background that is trying to restore itself to some unknown state that is holding up the finder application.
I have uninstalled and turned off all sort of applications that run in the background, but have not yet been able to locate the culprit.
So, I’d like to be able to have “Close windows when quitting an application” on because everything else on the machine can revert to a clean start-up state -- but I want the windows I leave opened in the finder to remain opened and where I put them.

Can't Close Windows in Safari

Because of some bad RAM, I had to do some system and software re-installs. I am running the latest version of Tiger, and windows in Safari will not close. They will go to the dock with the yellow button, but will not close with either the red button, the close window command in the File window or the command W combination. When I quit the program, the old windows go away, but that is a pain. I wait to quit Safari until I have 6 or 8 Safari windows open in the dock. Do I need to reset Safari? (I really don't want to lose the keychain passwords.) I've checked and re-checked preferences, and I don't find anything there, either.

Hello bassomac:
Try a couple of things.
Clear the Safari cache.
Trash the Safari preference file (com.apple.safari.plist).
Restart safari and see what happens.
Barry

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Here's my sample code :
creating the palette :
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var resultattexte = mesurefenetre.add("statictext",undefined,"text added");
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bouton.onClick = function () { mesurefenetre.show(); };
But with this code, when the window is shown once, then closed, then shown again, it then can't be closed...
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Thanks,
Duduf

Up!
Just to let you know, this still isn't fixed in my current version of After Effects (13.2.0.49 on win7, and win8.1) and it can be reeeeeaaaaally annoying to have to always add a close/cancel button on every windows...

Can't close window without quitting?

I've noticed that if i try to close the iPhoto window (using Apple+W or the red gel button) that the whole program quits.
This isn't in line with how the other apple products work is it? Normally I can close a window, yet the program remains active. The advantage being that I can open a new window very quickly instead of having to wait for the library to be created again.
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Hi Benjamin,
For programs that normally only use one window, like iPhoto, the program will quit when the window is closed.
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Lori

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When moving files between disks, the Finder stops responding to the close, minimize and expand window (red, yellow, green buttons). If I grab the title bar and move the window, even one pixel, I can click on the boxes. The same is true of the trash button in the window icons.
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They started off life as Mail downloads, but the emails and the original attachments they came from have long since been deleted. The PDFs that won't die have the same name as those original files, except they appear to be copies, the whole name is in brackets and this is prefixed with Untitled. It's like the computer has made a phantom back-up file that can't be traced to anywhere. I've emptied all sorts of Library files to try to get rid of them, emptied recent history, restarted Previes and the Mac. They don't show up in Spotlight.
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I don't have a problem closing Preview, I can do this just with Command Q. The problem is three particular PDFs (as described above) which keep reopening each time I open Preview. I cannot close those PDFs, they keep coming back despite me emptying every Preview and Mail related folder I can find!
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Can't close windows in Preview

I'm using a 2011 Macbook Air running Lion 10.7.2. Here is my problem:
I open a group of photos using Preview. I right click one and select "open in new window". It opens. I decide to close said window by clicking the red X button. Nothing happens. I click the red X button of the main preview window with the pane of thumbnails on the side. It closes immediately. I click on the red X of the other window again. Still nothing. I go to Preview>Quit Preview. I get 10-20 seconds of pinwheel spinning. Finally, it closes.
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I've also noticed Lion hanging sometimes, especially when booting up. Maybe theyre related.

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I doubt the issue is related to the hang booting up, unless Preview is auto-launching on startup.

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try Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library database
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How can I close one window without closing all open windows?

If I open more than one window, I can't close just one. When I try to close just one, I'm warned that I'm about to close more than one (all of them) but I'm not told how to close just one.

Are you sure you aren't getting tabs confused for windows? If you close a window containing multiple tabs, Firefox should give you a warning that you are about to close several tabs. To close a tab do one of the following:
* click the x at the right end of the tab (when you only have a few tabs open)
* open the tab you want to close, then click the x that appears
* right click the tab and select 'Close Tab'
* open the tab you want to close and press Ctrl+W
You can close a window using Ctrl+Shift+W.

How can I close 'current' window and not all windows?

How can I close the current window (only) and not all or none?
This function works well with MS Explorer.
Not a problem, just a desired function.

Hi JLCluster,
If you just click the small x in the tab you are currently viewing, it will close only that tab. I think you are clicking the x in upper right hand corner of the screen which closes all open tabs as you described.
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If I accidently open a 2nd session of firefox resulting in two open windows when I close one window they both close and I lose my tab groups. How can I close just one of the two windows?

I have 3 profiles, one of which I typically use. I have firefox prompt for the profile when it loads. I recently renamed the profiles (earlier this week). So... the profiles do not exactly match the folder names for the profiles.

I don't understand what happened above, but ericn1, wasn't your problem that you tried to close one browser window using the red X, and ALL of them closed? How did any of the above help you solve your problem? jscher2000 gave you alternate methods of closing windows but said that closing a window with the red X "should" work. It doesn't work, because it is closing ALL your windows, not just the one you are clicking on. I am now having the same problem. with Firefox.
Understand I do not have the problem with any other program. In other words, I can open multiple windows in Paint Shop Pro, IE, Notepad, etc. and close one with the red X and all others remain open. It ONLY happens when using the Firefox browser.
The red X should close only the window that you are in when you click on it.
NOW, before someone suggests tabs, I don't like them and don't use them. My choice. Before someone says my browser is out-of-date, (3.6.13) I am using it because it was the last version that worked reliably on my computers, both at home (Windows 7 Professional) and my office (Windows XP Professional).
When I updated to the last Firefox browser, both computers started seizing up (nothing worked and had to reboot using power button) Removing that version of Firefox and going back to this version solved that problem. Fact remains, version has little to do with this problem. I've seen other posts around the net about this with different (newer) versions of Firefox.
So . . . does anyone have a solution to this that doesn't involve using keystrokes or hot keys to close windows instead of the red X that should work properly?

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