HELP! Windows won't close.

I hit the "Apple O" (Open ALL) shortcut on a wrong window and now it has opened all 300 folders with music in them in the finers. It's too much for the computer, so it is stalling.
I cannot hit the x to close any window. I cannot highlight all and close all.
Any other ideas?
Basically, I need to do the "control-alt-delete" like you can do on IBM, but I don't know how to do this with mac.
Any ideas??

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