Icon to return to Desktop

Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch bar to
return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an icon/command in Win
7? Thanks for your time. Otto

"Otto Moehrbach" <> wrote in message news:edqFS#...
> Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch bar to
> return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an icon/command in Win
> 7? Thanks for your time. Otto
>

The tiny glassy box at the far right of your taskbar, after the clock.

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:11:09 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote:

>
> "Otto Moehrbach" <> wrote in message news:edqFS#...
> > Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch bar to
> > return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an icon/command in Win
> > 7? Thanks for your time. Otto
> >
>
> The tiny glassy box at the far right of your taskbar, after the clock.


A clarification here: "the far right" is correct if the task bar is in
its default position at the bottom of the screen, or at the top of the
screen. But if the task bar is at the left or right (positions that
*I* prefer with today's wide monitors), that "tiny glassy box" is at
the bottom, rather than the far right.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message news...
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:11:09 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Otto Moehrbach" <> wrote in message news:edqFS#...
>> > Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch bar to
>> > return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an icon/command in Win
>> > 7? Thanks for your time. Otto
>> >
>>
>> The tiny glassy box at the far right of your taskbar, after the clock.
>
>
> A clarification here: "the far right" is correct if the task bar is in
> its default position at the bottom of the screen, or at the top of the
> screen. But if the task bar is at the left or right (positions that
> *I* prefer with today's wide monitors), that "tiny glassy box" is at
> the bottom, rather than the far right.
>
> --

While we are clarifying this, *I* use small icons in the taskbar so the glass box is a "tiny glassy box"
but I believe the default taskbar icons are large so then it would be a "small glassy box".

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:38:22 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote:

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> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message news...
> > On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:11:09 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Otto Moehrbach" <> wrote in message news:edqFS#...
> >> > Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch bar to
> >> > return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an icon/command in Win
> >> > 7? Thanks for your time. Otto
> >> >
> >>
> >> The tiny glassy box at the far right of your taskbar, after the clock.
> >
> >
> > A clarification here: "the far right" is correct if the task bar is in
> > its default position at the bottom of the screen, or at the top of the
> > screen. But if the task bar is at the left or right (positions that
> > *I* prefer with today's wide monitors), that "tiny glassy box" is at
> > the bottom, rather than the far right.
> >
> > --
>
> While we are clarifying this, *I* use small icons in the taskbar so the glass box is a "tiny glassy box"
> but I believe the default taskbar icons are large so then it would be a "small glassy box".



I don't know whether the icon size has an effect on its size or not,
but its width depends upon the width of the task bar.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Otto Moehrbach wrote:
> Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch bar
> to return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an icon/command
> in Win 7? Thanks for your time. Otto

Just shake your mouse to minimize all your windows.

gls858

gls858 wrote:
> Otto Moehrbach wrote:
>> Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch
>> bar to return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an
>> icon/command in Win 7? Thanks for your time. Otto
>
> Just shake your mouse to minimize all your windows.
>
> gls858

ooops you have to grab a window and shake it all others will be minimized.

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:18:02 -0500, gls858 <> wrote:

> gls858 wrote:
> > Otto Moehrbach wrote:
> >> Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch
> >> bar to return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an
> >> icon/command in Win 7? Thanks for your time. Otto
> >
> > Just shake your mouse to minimize all your windows.
> >
> > gls858
>
> ooops you have to grab a window and shake it all others will be minimized.



You have to grab the window by the *title bar*.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:18:02 -0500, gls858 <> wrote:
>
>> gls858 wrote:
>>> Otto Moehrbach wrote:
>>>> Another Win 7 question. In Win XP I had an icon in my quick launch
>>>> bar to return to desktop from anywhere. How can I get such an
>>>> icon/command in Win 7? Thanks for your time. Otto
>>> Just shake your mouse to minimize all your windows.
>>>
>>> gls858
>> ooops you have to grab a window and shake it all others will be minimized.
>
>
>
> You have to grab the window by the *title bar*.
>
>

Thanks for the clarification Ken.

gls858