Difference between WINKEY+D and WINKEY+M

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What is the difference in actual usage between WINKEY+D and WINKEY+M?

I have Googled and found the following but they seem to be doing
pretty much the same thing:


WINDOWSKEY + D (show desktop)
reversed by WINDOWSKEY + D (undo show desktop)

WINDOWSKEY + M (minimize all)
reversed by WINDOWSKEY + shift + M (undo minimize all)
 
Not all windows can be minimised (because the programmer said they didn't want to allow it). Winkey + D minimises all windows (like Winkey + M) but then moves non minimising windows under the desktop window.
 
From Raymond Chen [MS]
The Old New Thing : What is the difference between Minimize All and Show
Desktop?
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/27/143042.aspx

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Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
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What is the difference in actual usage between WINKEY+D and WINKEY+M?

I have Googled and found the following but they seem to be doing
pretty much the same thing:


WINDOWSKEY + D (show desktop)
reversed by WINDOWSKEY + D (undo show desktop)

WINDOWSKEY + M (minimize all)
reversed by WINDOWSKEY + shift + M (undo minimize all)
 
under the desktop window??
what do you mean by that?


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Not all windows can be minimised (because the programmer said they didn't
want to allow it). Winkey + D minimises all windows (like Winkey + M) but
then moves non minimising windows under the desktop window.
 
In Windows 3.1 (as in In the Beginning ...) there was the desktop. This was the main windows. Minimised programs appear as icons on it. You can only store minimised programs on it (which is not really storing). This is where bmp wallpaper is displayed.

Windows 95/NT4 were released. This introduced the taskbar and Start menu. A folder window which has a window style of no border, no titlebar, transparent background, and a few other things (these are all standard properties of a window), then sized to the monitor and set to the desktop folder. When you minimise a window, explorer notices and changes the taskbar then moves the minimised icon off the desktop (it's a bit offscreen).

When IE4 was released, a web page browser was inserted into all folder windows incl the desktop. So the architecture now is original desktop, underneath a web browser hosting a file listing. Non bmp wallpapers are displayed in the web browser. In XP, It only works this way if it needs to to fullfill a function, such as displaying html wallpaper, else it works like 95.

Windows have a Z order. Which window is on top of another. By changing the position of the desktop window it moves the non minimisable apps (and non minimisable is also a window property) to underneath the desktop hiding them.
 
In Windows 3.1 (as in In the Beginning ...) there was the
desktop. This was the main windows. Minimised programs appear as
icons on it. You can only store minimised programs on it (which
is not really storing). This is where bmp wallpaper is
displayed.

Windows 95/NT4 were released. This introduced the taskbar and
Start menu. A folder window which has a window style of no
border, no titlebar, transparent background, and a few other
things (these are all standard properties of a window), then
sized to the monitor and set to the desktop folder. When you
minimise a window, explorer notices and changes the taskbar then
moves the minimised icon off the desktop (it's a bit offscreen).

When IE4 was released, a web page browser was inserted into all
folder windows incl the desktop. So the architecture now is
original desktop, underneath a web browser hosting a file
listing. Non bmp wallpapers are displayed in the web browser. In
XP, It only works this way if it needs to to fullfill a
function, such as displaying html wallpaper, else it works like
95.

Windows have a Z order. Which window is on top of another. By
changing the position of the desktop window it moves the non
minimisable apps (and non minimisable is also a window property)
to underneath the desktop hiding them.
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Interesting post. Makes for good reading.
 
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