Post by drcard on Dec 21, 2023 10:42:30 GMT -5
Show Desktop “Icon” on Windows 10
What
Instructions and image to locate the obscure Show Desktop icon that is on the Taskbar in Windows 10 that many users don’t know it is there. Also included are instructions for using the icon.
Why
Show Desktop function is really minimize all open windows on the monitor so only the Desktop displays. Most user use the keyboard shortcut (WinKey + D) or right click the taskbar and select show the desktop. The Show Desktop icon on the Taskbar will toggle between showing desktop and returning to the open windows with a single click, but also has the momentary Peep at Desktop function.
How
Location of Show Desktop Icon
o On a Windows 10 desktop with the Taskbar at the bottom of the monitor, look at the extreme right end of the Taskbar. Near the right end of the Taskbar is a thin vertical line with a very small space to the right of this line before the end of the screen as shown in the image below. This space is the Show Desktop icon.
o Move the mouse pointer to this space and the pointer will be off the screen, but will be over this space that is off the screen.
Using the Show Desktop “Icon”
With the mouse pointer over this off screen Show Desktop “icon” (not really an icon, but rather a space used as an icon)
Click the left mouse button once and all open windows will minimize to the Taskbar.
Click the left mouse button again and all minimizes windows will return to their prior location on the Desktop, which toggles Show Desktop.
Click the right mouse button to show the options for this “icon” (also shown in the image below). Select Peep at desktop which will a checkmark next to this option. With Peep at desktop checked, holding the mouse pointer over the Show Desktop icon will momentarily minimize all open windows and show the Desktop, but will return all minimized windows to their original positions when the mouse pointer is move away from the Show Desktop icon (aka: Peep at the desktop).
Select Peep at desktop in options to uncheck and turn off the function.
o This Show Desktop icon can’t be turned off or moved.
What
Instructions and image to locate the obscure Show Desktop icon that is on the Taskbar in Windows 10 that many users don’t know it is there. Also included are instructions for using the icon.
Why
Show Desktop function is really minimize all open windows on the monitor so only the Desktop displays. Most user use the keyboard shortcut (WinKey + D) or right click the taskbar and select show the desktop. The Show Desktop icon on the Taskbar will toggle between showing desktop and returning to the open windows with a single click, but also has the momentary Peep at Desktop function.
How
Location of Show Desktop Icon
o On a Windows 10 desktop with the Taskbar at the bottom of the monitor, look at the extreme right end of the Taskbar. Near the right end of the Taskbar is a thin vertical line with a very small space to the right of this line before the end of the screen as shown in the image below. This space is the Show Desktop icon.
o Move the mouse pointer to this space and the pointer will be off the screen, but will be over this space that is off the screen.
Using the Show Desktop “Icon”
With the mouse pointer over this off screen Show Desktop “icon” (not really an icon, but rather a space used as an icon)
Click the left mouse button once and all open windows will minimize to the Taskbar.
Click the left mouse button again and all minimizes windows will return to their prior location on the Desktop, which toggles Show Desktop.
Click the right mouse button to show the options for this “icon” (also shown in the image below). Select Peep at desktop which will a checkmark next to this option. With Peep at desktop checked, holding the mouse pointer over the Show Desktop icon will momentarily minimize all open windows and show the Desktop, but will return all minimized windows to their original positions when the mouse pointer is move away from the Show Desktop icon (aka: Peep at the desktop).
Select Peep at desktop in options to uncheck and turn off the function.
o This Show Desktop icon can’t be turned off or moved.
