I have 30  folders opened on my screen that will not go away. Finder is not responding. Please help, I have 30  folders opened on my screen that will not go away. Finder is not responding. Please help

Greetings
I am a new Mac user and I have a new Macbook Air.
Currently, I have about 30 folders opened up on my screen. Finder is not responding and there is a multi-color disc in place of my pointer. Even when I try and press the power button, the shut down screen comes on, I press shut down, but it does not power down. When I enter my password, the folders pop right back up. Can anyone help me?

Try holding the Option+Command+escape (esc) keys at the same time to bring up the Force Quit Applications window. Select Finder/Relaunch and see if that helps.

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