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show desktop doesn't show gadgets
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[QUOTE="booglypoo, post: 1886913"] You can create a VBScript to open the sidebar back up automatically after it closes due to the show desktop procedure. Just follow these steps: You need to create three files: ShowDesktop.scf ShowDesktopSidebar.vbs Shortcut to ShowDesktopSidebar.vbs 1) Open up notepad and create ShowDesktop.scf: [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=shell32.dll,34 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop 2) Open up notepad and create ShowDesktopSidebar.vbs: Dim WshShell Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.Run "ShowDesktop.scf", 1 WshShell.Run """C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe""", 1 3) Create a shortcut to ShowDesktopSidebar.vbs Right click on file and choose 'Create Shortcut'. 4) Change icon of shortcut to the "show desktop" icon: Right click on shortcut, Properties, Change Icon..., scroll to the right just a bit and you'll see the "show desktop" icon, choose it and click OK. 5) Move shortcut to Quick Launch area on Taskbar: Right click on shortcut and drag it to the Quick Launch area, release click and choose 'Move Here'. That's it! Done. It has the same functionality of clicking on the "show desktop" icon, and then clicking on the sidebar icon in the tray, as was a suggested solution. The limitations of this solution, just like the manual version, is that if you click on the desktop afterwards, the sidebar disappears. But if say you open a minimized window (and don't click on the desktop), then the sidebar will stay up. Notes: Make sure you keep the .scf and .vbs files in the same directory, just hide them somewhere not on the desktop. The real solution is for Microsoft to fix this problem by adding an option for the sidebar to always be on top of the desktop, but not on top of other windows. This is not hard to do at all (for the OS), it just needs to be done (by them). So Microsoft, just do it already. -- booglypoo Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url] [/QUOTE]
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