The shortcut <Windows Key>+D shows/hides the desktop. You can hit Windows+D, launch your app, then hit Windows+D again to restore all windows.
Caveat: the latest version of Windows I’ve used is Win7; I’ve never used Win10 or ever Win8. -Dan > On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Mike Day <[email protected]> wrote: > > I hope using "chat" somewhat excuses my posting to J-ers, but > perhaps some of you have some helpful ideas. I suspect posting > in a more public forum would be unproductive. > > I upgraded to Windows 10 a week or so ago. While I've solved > one perennial problem in a new way, I've just encountered > a new problem which is annoying me. For many years I've been > using alt-tab to switch between running applications, such as > J's editor and J's terminal. In recent Windows, alt-tab reveals > thumbnails or a bit larger of all such apps, _including_ desktop, > and you can scroll to the one you want, including desktop. I > frequently use(d) the swap to desktop in order to invoke a > non-active application whose icon appears on the desktop. > > Now, in W/10, the desktop is _not_ shown, so it is no longer > simple to swap to the desktop. I seem to be able to do so only > by minimising all half-dozen (typically) active apps. > > Hard to explain concisely - try it yourself if you have Windows 10 > to see what I mean. > > Any ideas how to get round this? Windows 10 is quite nice on > the whole, so I'm loth to return to 8.1 . > > I've got a little tip to offer in return: fortunately I've eventually > managed to kill the annoying default behaviour where mouse-hover > almost immediately fires anything that happened to underlie it, when > using the laptop's touch-pad. In previous versions of Windows, I'd > stopped this by setting > HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Mouse/MouseHoverTime > to a large number; this time it seems necessary to disable both > Control Panel/Touchpad/One-Finger options. > > Thanks for any suggestions; perhaps someone will find my > mouse/touchpad tip useful. > > Apologies again for using "chat" - better than "beta"! > > Mike > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
