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Desktop access

Started by oblivion, March 13, 2026, 03:12:14 AM

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oblivion

This was an idea that came to me suddenly about ten minutes ago. I like it so much I'm going to share it.

We all (probably) know that if you need fast access to the desktop, you can hit Win+D and everything's instantly minimised.

And anyone who's used that from any sort of workflow -- like, six windows open and you were working that way and it was fine until you suddenly needed access to the desktop -- you'll remember that you then end up restoring one window at a time, there's no instant way back.

Now, with a Toolbox action, there is.

(Start)
HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Computer: Show the desktop ""
0002 Alert: Show a message "Click OK to restore"
0003 Computer: Restore minimized windows ""
(End)

I've assigned this to ctrl-shift-D as ctrl and shift are right by the win key on my keyboard so building a new muscle memory should be simple. :)