Access Your Desktop Without Minimizing Application Windows [How To]
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The Windows Desktop is used widely by users to store shortcut icons for their favorite applications, downloaded files, important notes and so on.
The desktop can be easily accessed by using the hotkey’s Windows + D or Windows + M but in process of using these keys you may have to minimize any current applications you are working on.
There is a easy alternative using which you can access all the files and folders without having to minimize any applications, in the post we will show you how to access your desktop without minimizing application windows.
Trick To Access Windows Without Minimizing Application Windows
Windows provides you with a toolbar for the Desktop using which you can access you desktop from the task bar. To enable the toolbar right click on any empty space on your task bar and select Desktop from the Toolbar sub menu.
Once you select the Desktop option a new toolbar will be displayed in the task bar using which you can easily access all the shortcuts and files or folders stored on your desktop without having to minimize any application windows.
We hope this will save you some time the next time you want to access your desktop.
abhishek
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm #
looks nice but i am used to use…window+d….and this menu in the toolbar will be slow if your desktop items are too many
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Keith Dsouza Reply:
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Yea quite true, but I prefer to keep my desktop clean and this trick always helps me when I am trying to work on something and open something from the desktop.
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Sandip
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 pm #
Sigh, that’s not for Windows XP Right ?
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Keith Dsouza Reply:
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Sandip, this works in Windows XP too.
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Nirmal
June 24th, 2008 at 9:41 am #
Most of us are used to Windows + D command. I have tried this one time, but switched back to Win D as its more comfortable.
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Eva White
October 9th, 2008 at 10:13 pm #
Wow that sure saves time. thanks for sharing the tip.
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