Often you are working and want to minimize all of the windows at the same time.  Unfortunately you hate the Desktop icon in the QuickLaunch bar and you deleted it….now you’re stuck.  Or are you?  Here is how to minimize all open windows in any version of Windows.

To minimize all open windows, press the Windows key and the "M" key at the same time. Or, to use your mouse for this task, simply click the "Show Desktop" button in the Quick Launch bar.

Tags | General, Windows Vista, Windows XP