# Need help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help/27715>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 5, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help/27715 "2003-08-05T21:39:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![StArBuRsT\_PoWeR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@StArBuRsT\_PoWeR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/StArBuRsT_PoWeR)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help/27715/1 "2003-08-05T21:39:24Z")

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Is there a command to select every movie clip at the sime time? Because I want to stop them all.

tellTarget ("\_root") {  
stop();  
}

This doesn’t reach the movie clip that are in others movie clip!

So is there a better solution than

tellTarget ("\_root.stupidguy.o.monlkey") {  
stop();  
}  
tellTarget ("\_root.lol.waaaaaaaaa") {  
stop();  
}  
etc…

Thanks  
-StArBuRsT-PoWeR

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help/27715/2 "2003-08-05T21:42:11Z")

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ok… on one of the layers… the layer with the most bars, click the last bar and then goto the actions panel \>\> movie controls \>\> dble click stop \>\> a small “a” should appear on last bar…

Attach the .fla and i’ll look at it…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help/27715/3 "2003-08-05T22:48:56Z")

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HipHop - that’s not going to stop the movieClips though, that’s just going to stop the movie.

I was going to suggest using a movieClip prototype, but I don’t know if your movieClips are doing the same thing (asctionScript wise), so I thought of something else.

on a button, or on your timeline whever you want your movieClips to stop, add this action:

```auto

_root.stopMovieClips = true;

```

Then on every single movieClip you want stopped, add this:

```auto

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(_root.stopMovieClips){
this.stop();
}

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help/27715/4 "2003-08-06T00:01:31Z")

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Thanks it work 🙂