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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. ???? |
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Show Desktop, right end of taskbar.
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 |
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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. ;-( |
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Show Desktop, right end of taskbar.
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 |
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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 |
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Show Desktop, right end of taskbar.
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 |
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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 (:- |
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Ed Cryer wrote:
If you have "Fences" app installed there is a setting to hide icons -- Zaidy036 |
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Show Desktop, right end of taskbar.
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. |
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Show Desktop, right end of taskbar.
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 |
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