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[AiKscroll]

Just a quick tip for those who write scripts for games. If you want to avoid having to alt-tab or WinButton out of games just assign a hotkey to run this program:

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf

It is the shortcut to the Windows function 'Show Desktop', which you wouldn't be able to click the shortcut for if you were in a full-screen game.

[toralf]

Hi AiKScroll,

Thanks for the tip.

I was hoping you would provided a small working script. With system variables, so it independed of the system your are using, etc.
So that newbies can immediatly use it. :)

[AiKscroll]

Hmm... heres a simple script

$LWin:: ; any key, I chose LWin though
IfWinActive, My Game ; change to the name of your window
{
Run, C:\Documents and Settings\%A_ComputerName%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf
}
return

P.S. - There must be a way to get the name of your computer. How is it done in AHK? Nevermind Found it!

[toralf]

How about %USERPROFILE% ?

e.g.

Run, %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf

It should be user name, not Computer name.

[AiKscroll]

Yeah that's better. I always use my one account, admin account. I guess other people could have many different users setup so essencially %USERPROFILE% is better than computer name.

[foerno]

On my Windows 7 Home Premium, the path is the following:

Run, %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Shows Desktop.lnk

[SoggyDog]

If you're having trouble finding or accessing 'Show Desktop.scf' you can make your own and link to it:

[shell]
command=2
iconfile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
command=ToggleDesktop

[guest3456]

can anyone help me on how to, make f5 show my destop instead of pressing Windows-D. I have a presenter with an f5 button and i just want to be a able to clear my windoes and just show desktop thats is. F5 - Windows desktop. Please

heh, you realize you are on the autohotkey forums, where something like creating a hotkey to remap to a different keystroke is one of the main purposes of AHK?

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solution:

F5::#d

[JSLover]

F5::#d

...however, that syntax is really a "remap", it makes F5 "become" Win+D...

I prefer to avoid remapping, unless it's really needed...don't get me wrong, remapping is fine, when you know you're doing it & when it's needed, in most cases however, a simple Send, is, well, simpler...& all that's needed.

If you just want F5 to send Win+D, then, do just that...

F5::Send, #d

...it may seem like it's the same, as the above code, but it's not.

I edit script but the thing I get when its all done is a error message when I press F5.

You have some typo's...

; When I press F5, I want to Show Desktop
F5::Run, "%A_APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show[color=red]s[/color] Desktop.[color=#FF0000]lnk[/color]"

...it's "Show Desktop.scf" not "Shows Desktop.lnk". Oh I see, foerno said it's different on Win7, but in that case, the path is different too.

[Meetloaf]

To help fellow googlers. I ran across this command that got this working, as I could not get the instructions here to work on my windows 7 machine.

Attach this and it will toggle the desktop:

Run shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}