Comments on: Tip: How to place the “Show Desktop” icon in Windows 8 or Windows 10 taskbar.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:41:25 +0000

In reply to mike. Not everyone can download tools such as this one. The solution in this posting works.

By: David

David — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 21:44:49 +0000

You can also just press the Windows key and "D"

By: Pedro

Pedro — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:28:43 +0000

The 3 command lines worked fine with me!
Just started working with 2 screens it was very, very, very, very annoying try to show desktop with the default button.
A VERY BIG THANK YOU!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 12:34:25 +0000

In reply to Hemang. Don't know what you did, but works fine with me

By: lakonst

lakonst — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 07:18:38 +0000

In reply to emine cirpili. @emine cirpili: You cannot move or get rid of it, because is a Windows component.

By: emine cirpili

emine cirpili — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:04:39 +0000

how do i get rid of the show desktop on the botto right hand corner once ive created another one on the bottom left?

By: Fix it

Fix it — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:39:31 +0000

For everyone it doesn't work for Windows is now dumber than ever… Make sure your shortcut is running in Admin mode, because Microsuck wants to protect us from ourselves you're no longer the admin of your computer… Even if your account is an administrator account. (Unless it's the hidden one.)

By: Tor

Tor — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 06:25:06 +0000

In reply to Aakif. Cheers, Aakif - a 5 second-fix, couldn't be simpler! :)

By: mike

mike — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:46:51 +0000

If anyone else can be helped with this. The "Easy Way" is to download a free tool from http://www.sordum.org/7615/easy-context-menu-v1-6/. It is well worth a donation as it gives you total control over adding almost anything to the right click menus.

The Show Desktop function as stated here works fine in it. Add a custom right click option (I have mine at the top) name it whatever you want, give it whatever icon you want. Right click desktop and there it is when needed for instant minimize-all.
I have to give their Context menu editor high marks as one of the best I have ever seen.

I wish it could be the default left click on empty desktop space as no other program uses that. But a right click is easier than adding to my overloaded task-bar.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:22:50 +0000

Anyone have an idea bout how to make this work by left-clicking any "empty" space on desktop? Left click on empty space is not used by anything now and would be an easy natural move to get "behind" all the windows in the way