Windows 10: restore all minimize windows, shortcut not working

Hi,

After doing "win d" to show the desktop, I want to restore all the windows.

The key is supposed to be "win shift m", but it does not work.

How can I restore all minimized windows using a shortcut ?

Patrick

:)

 

If you have several minimized applications [which were NOT minimized with the Windows logo key +M], then the Windows logo key +Shift+M will not restore all the minimized applications.

<Original title:
Keyboard shortcut bug>

Windows logo key

+Shift+M does not work consistently.

If you have several minimized applications [which were
NOT minimized with the Windows logo key

+M],
then the Windows logo key

+Shift+M will not restore all the minimized applications
(as per the documentation).

In other words, Windows logo key

+Shift+M ONLY works if
you had previously used Windows logo key

+M.

It seems to me that Windows logo key

+Shift+M should restore
ALL minimized applications, no matter how they were minimized.

Another problem exists when minimizing using Windows Logo + down arrow, the mazimizing using Windows logo + Up arrow. This ONLY works if you
DON'T let go of the Windows Logo key between these shortcuts.

I suppose these were designed the way these shortcuts work now. But they could use improvement...

Someone in MS software QC should check all shortcut functionality.

 

Keyboard shortcut (win+m) in WIN 7 minimized all active windows in the screen that the cursor was at that tim

A search on "windows 10 keyboard shortcuts" yields

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/keyboard-shortcuts

WindowsLogo + M is still listed as "minimize all windows"

It still works that way in Windows 10 for me.

 

win shift m and win d both work on mine to restore all minimised windows- that's just pressing the keys.

Are you saying that if you press win shift m nothing happens? Has it been reassigned perhaps?

You could create a shortcut to a script (autohotkey e.g.) that 'Sends' Win Shift m.

 

Not reassigned.

"win shift m" is not working on both of my Win 10 pc.

"win d" works, but for all windows.

If I only minimize 2 windows, I want to use "win shift m" to bring back those 2 windows.

 

I notice "win shift m" sometimes works after a "win d".
But it always fail to work after minimizing some windows one by one.

For exemple : minimizing notepad, then hit "win shift m" : nothing happens.

 

Similar to the OP, on both my pc's, after doing "win + d" to show the desktop, the "win + shift + m" does not restore the windows that were present before.

If however I have 2 windows on my desktop open for example and I press 'win + m', both are minimized and 'win + shift + m' will restore only those two consistently.

Not sure if that is the solution you were looking for.

Of note: I found it's critical to press the "win" + "shift" down well before the the "m" otherwise it appears to wipe out the memory of what it just minimized and any subsequent "win + shift + m" does nothing.

Also worth noting, I do have Autohotkeys running in the background but no "win" keys have ever been programmed.

 

Agreed.. (I tried it previously after Win D to minimise all). Not one I've been in the habit of using.

 

I know understand.

"win shift m" cannot be used to restore all minimized windows.

"win m" is minimizing all windows. Then "win shift m" will restore them.

So I don't see the difference between "win m" and "win d".

So it seems not possible to only minimize some windows (not all), and do a shortcut to restore all of them.