Want to create a 'Show Desktop' button bar in W7

[DRP535]

With XP this was a very easy thing to do just mirroring the Show Desktop.scf shortcut from the QuickLaunch toolbar into the button bar of TC to create a quick shortcut to viewing the desktop. In W7 though, I can't figure out how to replicate the same thing.

Yes I know I can just press the desktop preview button in the extreme lower RH corner of the taskbar in W7 to achieve the same thing, but I have elderly parents who have different computers between them, some still using XP happily and others with later OS's and I would prefer a standardised way of giving them instructions on how to do things and having different instructions for those using W7 to those still on XP is confusing for them.

Does anyone know if a button bar shortcut can be recreated in W7 similar to how it could be easily done in XP?

[nsp]

If you search on totalcmd.net r for TC, you will find "Extended English Menus for TC"made by petermad it includes a lot of interesting stuff you can use asis or get some idea for your own menu/button.

Even if you mostly use button bar, it is better to first define a user command and then reuse it for button or alias or hotkey...

On Windows 7 you should have an environment variable called DESKTOP so the following command should work:

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cd %DESKTOP%

Another alternative is

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cd %systemdrive%\users\%username%\Desktop

The complete line must be in the command field as evironment variable completion only occurs here !

[Stefan2]

2DRP535
you want to hide all applications and see your desktop background
(instead of browsing to your desktop folder inside of TC)

then take a look at

C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Shows Desktop.lnk
                                     "%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Shows Desktop.lnk"



You can just drag&drop that to your TC button bar:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
"%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Shows Desktop.lnk"

%windir%\system32\imageres.dll,-110
Shows Desktop
%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\

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 Hope that helps your parents.



Note there is a default keyboard shortcut toggle too: Win+D

[DRP535]

2DRP535
you want to hide all applications and see your desktop background
(instead of browsing to your desktop folder inside of TC)

Exactly, yes.

then take a look at

C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Shows Desktop.lnk
                                     "%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Shows Desktop.lnk"



You can just drag&drop that to your TC button bar:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
"%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Shows Desktop.lnk"

%windir%\system32\imageres.dll,-110
Shows Desktop
%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\

-1

 Hope that helps your parents.

Brilliant! Thank you so much, that works a treat. Cheers.