Windows 10: ALT + TAB Show Desktop + Charms menu

Hello!

Is there any ways how to put "Show Desktop" back to ALT + TAB? It's the biggest annoyance I have had on Win 10 so far that I can't minimize all my crap and switch to desktop with ALT+TAB (got to use WINKEY + D)

Also any ideas how to get charms menu to appear from left and right corners again? Kinda miss that too.

:)

 

Desktop flashes, taskbar & menu frozen

What does that mean? Once? Repeatedly?

Except for that symptom what I have found useful for "stuck Start" is Task View (i.e., Win-Tab or swipe from the left -- assuming there are tasks to show there of course.) Alternatively, try creating another Desktop (e.g. press Win-Ctrl-d) and see if you
have better luck in there with it. Use Ctrl-Esc if you think the Win- key is getting overloaded or ignored somehow.

FWIW sometimes Task View (as well as Alt-Tab) takes an inexplicably long time to show, so be patient and don't try to add to its queue of commands. Since pressing and holding Alt- can get tiring I prefer Task View to the Alt-Tab view. ; )



Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle

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how do i alt tab into desktop?

Windows key + x + d

Holding the Windows key and x gives you the alternate menu that you can also get by right clicking on the windows icon on the task bar. On the menu when using the Windows key +x the underlined letters on the menu can be used to go there.

 

Hello Rixto,

If you like, you could press the Windows + C keys to open the Charms bar. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

 

Too Windows 8 for me. *Biggrin

 

I already know that... But when I'm already in bed then I don't feel like taking my keyboard to my bed with me *Sad

 

Have you tried shake? Grab a window and shake it left & right to clear the clutter

You might try ticking the Use Peek to preview .... Show Desktop button on the Taskbar Properties.

Charms on the right side are not active for now - they might come back, but a lot of effort has been made to put the "charms bar" feature onto the Modern apps ... toolbar (... is the toolbar)

I'm a little confused though. Your original post asks about Alt+Tab and desktop, but your reply to Brink's WinKey+C for charms mentions not wanting to use the keyboard.

While not as convenient, there is the on-screen keyboard.

Do you have a touch screen?

 

I want ALT+TAB to be able to switch to desktop (obviously with keyboard) and shake is kinda useless with full screen applications.

I use charms menu mostly when already in bed and don't feel like getting my keyboard (it's easier to change screen brightness from there)

But for now I switched back to Windows 7 (Switched from HDD to SSD, cloned windows partition to SSD, a week later moved SSD from PC to laptop, lost my windows 8 and windows 10 install discs, had to install (temporarily I hope) windows 7)

 

How exactly are you pressing Alt-Tab without a keyboard?

 

I don't use ALT+TAB without keyboard. I want ALT+TAB to be able to switch to desktop like it did on previous windowses.
I used charms menu without keyboard and I want to be able to do it again