Minimizing and maximizing all windows with a single hotkey

[nelvin08]

Hi,

So below is my code and it works. But sometimes when I have too many apps, the screen burns a trail of the app in the monitor when minimizing.

While when maximizing, it full screens / maximizes my task bar.

I am using 3 monitors by the way. Do I need to incorporate winwait somewhere?

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#MaxThreadsperHotkey 2
#D::

Previouskey:= !PreviousKey

if PreviousKey
{
GroupAdd, AllWindows
WinMaximize, ahk_group AllWindows
}
else
{
GroupAdd, AllWindows
WinMinimize, ahk_group AllWindows
}
return

[mikeyww]

To maximize only certain windows, you can specify them. WinGet can also be used to get a list. You can then exclude some windows.

For minimizing: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/lib/WinMinimizeAll.htm

[nelvin08]

Thanks. I decided to retain the #D in-built function of Windows to show desktop and just put my code in #F

This somehow works but maybe you have something in mind to simplify this? or if you have a different approach?

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#F::
active_ID := WinActive("A")
WinGet, WindowList, List,,, Program Manager
Loop, %WindowList%
{
	WinGetClass, Class, % "ahk_id " . WindowList%A_Index%
	IF Class not contains Shell_TrayWnd,Shell_SecondaryTrayWnd
	WinRestore, % "ahk_id " . WindowList%A_Index%
}
WinActivate, % "ahk_id " active_ID
return