How to set a shortcut for 'show desktop' Topic is solved

[Jelleeey]

Hello everyone,

Lets just start by stating that I am a noob without any programming experience. I am also new to windows as I am a long time OSX user. I have used AHK to help make the transition to windows smoother as I am quite used to certain hotkeys on the mac. Unfortunately there are still some problems that need to be figured out.

My goal:
- I want to assign a shortcut that simulates the 'show desktop' function, similar to clicking on the button on the right bottom corner of the taskbar.
- I know there is the windows + S shortcut, but this cannot be used because I have disabled all the windows shortcuts in Gpedit.msc. This was done because these were conflicting with certain shortcuts for programs I am using.

Question:
- Is there a way to create a shortcut that doesnt link to win+S but to the source script that is being triggered by this command.

Your help would really help me out tremendously as this function is quite essential for my everyday usage.

Greets Jelle

[SKAN]

The following line can toggle show

Code: Select all

ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").ToggleDesktop()

[Jelleeey]

dude, you are a lifesaver