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DesktopOnTop shows your desktop, no minimizing necessary
If you just want a list, you can right-click on the DesktopOnTop icon in the system tray and get a start-menu lookalike with a list of programs and files on your desktop. But a left click brings up a picture of your desktop. Sort of. The first thing you'll probably notice is that the wallpaper doesn't match yours. If this bothers you, you can either change your desktop wallpaper to match DesktopOnTop (which nobody really expects you to do), or you can select a solid color that looks good with your desktop an adjust the program's transparency level.
DesktopOnTop is highly customizable and light weight. It uses about 8MB of RAM.
[via Freeware Genius]
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsBannanaJul 4th 2008 7:26PM
Win-D?
hazardJul 4th 2008 8:37PM
this wont work because as soon as you change the z-order (by opening a new window) Win-D cannot restore to previous state.
soniiicJul 4th 2008 8:37PM
no, just a little breezy
Muffin_manJul 5th 2008 7:27AM
. . . or you can add the desktop button to the quick launch bar . . .
lilmoderJul 5th 2008 7:34AM
I like Wind+D option.
Im also using "homemade" toolbar with shortcuts:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/fa15168851125
PhilJul 7th 2008 8:26AM
I have a laptop with a second monitor. The second monitor is my main one - has the start bar etc. This app only shows the desktop on the laptop, not the screen where all my icons are.
JamesJul 7th 2008 11:49AM
Agreed about Win-D -- there's two problems, and I use the shortcut all the time so I have a lot of experience with them. One, each window has to process a minimize request, then a restore request. If your system is acting sluggish for whatever reason, that can take a few noticeable seconds. Two, like an earlier poster noted, if you want to actually *launch a shortcut* from your desktop, the newly opened window will prevent you from restoring your previous windows with Win-D.
It sounds like this program will solve both those issues. I'm going to give it a go.