Show Desktop, right end of taskbar.

Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up. That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that the Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it might. But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????

micky wrote:
Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up. That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that the Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it might. But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????


Here's a link that covers all that; and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2860...-in-windows-7/

BTW, when you get it back, right click it and untick "Peek at desktop".

Ed

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:22:43 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up. That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that the Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it might. But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????


Here's a link that covers all that; and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2860...-in-windows-7/

BTW, when you get it back, right click it and untick "Peek at desktop".

Ed

Thanks. I still see a blank desktop, no icons. ;-(

micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:22:43 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up. That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that the Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it might. But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????


Here's a link that covers all that; and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2860...-in-windows-7/

BTW, when you get it back, right click it and untick "Peek at desktop".

Ed

Thanks. I still see a blank desktop, no icons. ;-(


Isn't that what you wanted?

Ed

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:02:22 -0700, KenW
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:46:45 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:22:43 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up. That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that the Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it might. But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????


Here's a link that covers all that; and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2860...-in-windows-7/

BTW, when you get it back, right click it and untick "Peek at desktop".

Ed

Thanks. I still see a blank desktop, no icons. ;-(


Isn't that what you wanted?

No, I wanted to see the icons that used to be on the Desktop all the
time. Now they are only there for a second or two during startup.

Ed

Right click blank space on desktop View At the bottom "show
desktop icons"

Almost all of my desktop is now blank space, and when I right click
anywhere, nothing happens. When I left click, nothing happens, and
when I use the Context key (on the bottom right row of the keyboard)
nothing happens. And clicking on the Show Desktop icon in the
QuickLaunch bar still does nothing.

When people don't use Classic Shell or Open Shell and they have the
desktop with those big squares and rectangles (becaus now it is like
that sometimes), is there a way to see all the little icons that were on
the desktop in win7?


KenW

micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:02:22 -0700, KenW
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:46:45 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:22:43 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up. That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that the Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it might. But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????


Here's a link that covers all that; and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2860...-in-windows-7/

BTW, when you get it back, right click it and untick "Peek at desktop".

Ed

Thanks. I still see a blank desktop, no icons. ;-(


Isn't that what you wanted?

No, I wanted to see the icons that used to be on the Desktop all the
time. Now they are only there for a second or two during startup.

Almost all of my desktop is now blank space, and when I right click
anywhere, nothing happens. When I left click, nothing happens, and
when I use the Context key (on the bottom right row of the keyboard)
nothing happens. And clicking on the Show Desktop icon in the
QuickLaunch bar still does nothing.

When people don't use Classic Shell or Open Shell and they have the
desktop with those big squares and rectangles (becaus now it is like
that sometimes), is there a way to see all the little icons that were on
the desktop in win7?


It looks as though some third-party shell has mucked up all your desktop.
Remove or disable any you have and see what happens.
Also have a look at Users/{your user}/Desktop. Are the icons there?

If all else fails, do a repair of the OS. You can get Win7 here;
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...nload/windows7

Ed

Ed Cryer wrote:
micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:02:22 -0700, KenW
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:46:45 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:22:43 +0000, Ed
Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right
of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up.Â* That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that
theÂ* Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it
might.Â* But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????


Here's a link that covers all that; and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2860...-in-windows-7/


BTW, when you get it back, right click it and untick "Peek at
desktop".

Ed

Thanks.Â* I still see a blank desktop, no icons.Â* ;-(


Isn't that what you wanted?

No, I wanted to see the icons that used to be on the Desktop all the
time.Â*Â* Now they are only there for a second or two during startup.

Almost all of my desktop is now blank space, and when I right click
anywhere, nothing happens.Â*Â* When I left click, nothing happens, and
when I use the Context key (on the bottom right row of the keyboard)
nothing happens.Â*Â*Â* And clicking on the Show Desktop icon in the
QuickLaunch bar still does nothing.

When people don't use Classic Shell or Open Shell and they have the
desktop with those big squares and rectangles (becaus now it is like
that sometimes), is there a way to see all the little icons that were on
the desktop in win7?


It looks as though some third-party shell has mucked up all your desktop.
Remove or disable any you have and see what happens.
Also have a look at Users/{your user}/Desktop. Are the icons there?

If all else fails, do a repair of the OS. You can get Win7 here;
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...nload/windows7

Ed


Or, if you must have Win10, try here;
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...oad/windows10/

Ed (:-

Ed Cryer wrote:

If you have "Fences" app installed there is a setting to hide icons



--
Zaidy036

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 16 Nov 2019 16:40:47 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

Ed Cryer wrote:
micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:02:22 -0700, KenW
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:46:45 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:22:43 +0000, Ed
Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right
of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up.* That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that
the* Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it
might.* But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????


Here's a link that covers all that; and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2860...-in-windows-7/


BTW, when you get it back, right click it and untick "Peek at
desktop".

Ed

Thanks.* I still see a blank desktop, no icons.* ;-(


Isn't that what you wanted?

No, I wanted to see the icons that used to be on the Desktop all the
time.** Now they are only there for a second or two during startup.

Almost all of my desktop is now blank space, and when I right click
anywhere, nothing happens.** When I left click, nothing happens, and
when I use the Context key (on the bottom right row of the keyboard)
nothing happens.*** And clicking on the Show Desktop icon in the
QuickLaunch bar still does nothing.

When people don't use Classic Shell or Open Shell and they have the
desktop with those big squares and rectangles (becaus now it is like
that sometimes), is there a way to see all the little icons that were on
the desktop in win7?


It looks as though some third-party shell has mucked up all your desktop.
Remove or disable any you have and see what happens.
Also have a look at Users/{your user}/Desktop. Are the icons there?

If all else fails, do a repair of the OS. You can get Win7 here;
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...nload/windows7

Ed


Or, if you must have Win10, try here;
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...oad/windows10/

Ed (:-

Ths problem is solved now, but I saved this for some other occasion when
I want win10. See the "FIOS or win10 changes" thread. It had changed
me to Tablet mode.

No Fences, Zaidy.

micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 16 Nov 2019 16:40:47 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

Ed Cryer wrote:
micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:02:22 -0700, KenW
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:46:45 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:22:43 +0000, Ed
Cryer
wrote:

micky wrote:
Still working on the collection of problems described in previous
thread.

When I first got win10, if you moved the cursor to the far right
of the
taskbar, the desktop and its icons opened up.Â* That annoyed me -- it
kept happening by accident -- so I got rid of it, but now that
theÂ* Show
Desktop icon in QuickLaunch bar doesn't work, I thought it
might.Â* But I
got rid of it and don't know how to get it back. ????


Here's a link that covers all that; and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2860...-in-windows-7/


BTW, when you get it back, right click it and untick "Peek at
desktop".

Ed

Thanks.Â* I still see a blank desktop, no icons.Â* ;-(


Isn't that what you wanted?

No, I wanted to see the icons that used to be on the Desktop all the
time.Â*Â* Now they are only there for a second or two during startup.

Almost all of my desktop is now blank space, and when I right click
anywhere, nothing happens.Â*Â* When I left click, nothing happens, and
when I use the Context key (on the bottom right row of the keyboard)
nothing happens.Â*Â*Â* And clicking on the Show Desktop icon in the
QuickLaunch bar still does nothing.

When people don't use Classic Shell or Open Shell and they have the
desktop with those big squares and rectangles (becaus now it is like
that sometimes), is there a way to see all the little icons that were on
the desktop in win7?


It looks as though some third-party shell has mucked up all your desktop.
Remove or disable any you have and see what happens.
Also have a look at Users/{your user}/Desktop. Are the icons there?

If all else fails, do a repair of the OS. You can get Win7 here;
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...nload/windows7

Ed


Or, if you must have Win10, try here;
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...oad/windows10/

Ed (:-

Ths problem is solved now, but I saved this for some other occasion when
I want win10. See the "FIOS or win10 changes" thread. It had changed
me to Tablet mode.

No Fences, Zaidy.


All's Well That Ends Well.
I must read that play sometime.

Ed