Hi there

For menu components do something like this. It will work for you.

Component[] comps =  fileMenu.getMenuComponents();
for ( int i = 0; i < comps.length ; i++ ) {
comps[i].setEnabled(false);
    }

and for ordinary components you can do

Component[] comps = this.getContentPane().getComponents();
for ( int i = 0; i < comps.length ; i++ ) {
comps[i].setEnabled(false);
}

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