Show Desktop Funtionality?

[jem0208]

Hi!

I am completely new to making skins and I was wondering how (or even if it's possible) to create a button which does the same thing as the "Show Desktop" button in Windows.

[jsmorley]

Not with native Rainmeter, but you could have a mouse action that calls an AutoHotKey script or AutoIt executable that emulates the keystrokes needed to do "Show Desktop".

[UnforgivenRevival]

When using vista.. You can copy the "show desktop" shortcut from the taskbar, and save it to your skin folder and make the button activate that shortcut. I copied it from vista to 7 and still works. If you know someone that has vista, thats the way to do it. If you need to, I can upload the windows shortcut.

[jsmorley]

When using vista.. You can copy the "show desktop" shortcut from the taskbar, and save it to your skin folder and make the button activate that shortcut. I copied it from vista to 7 and still works. If you know someone that has vista, thats the way to do it. If you need to, I can upload the windows shortcut.

It is an entirely different animal in Window 7, and that approach will not work. Nice tip for the 11 people in the world using Vista though...

[UnforgivenRevival]

I use it everyday in windows 7, Copied from my old windows vista installation. It works every time I click it.

[jsmorley]

I use it everyday in windows 7, Copied from my old windows vista installation. It works every time I click it.

Well, that's a good point. It is just a shortcut that isn't set up in Win7 and could be copied from Vista.

[UnforgivenRevival]

You can try to create the shortcut yourself in Windows 7, But Im not sure if it will work this way. It might not be a valid path or something. Here is what is in the properties from the show desktop shortcut from Windows Vista.

[UnforgivenRevival]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvsexrakfntnnln/ShowDesktop.zip

Better yet, Heres the shortcut from Vista.

[Brian]

You can use the shell command with a CLSID.

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[ShowDesktop]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=255,0,0
W=100
H=50
LeftMouseUpAction=[shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}]

I don't think this will work for Windows XP, but it does work with Windows 7 (probably Windows Vista and Windows 8 as well).

-Brian

[smurfier]

You can use the shell command with a CLSID.

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[ShowDesktop]
Meter=Image
SolidColor=255,0,0
W=100
H=50
LeftMouseUpAction=[shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}]

I don't think this will work for Windows XP, but it does work with Windows 7 (probably Windows Vista and Windows 8 as well).

-Brian

I spent three hours trying to google this the other day...