Re: How do you toggle the desktop?

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 08:23

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"Troels Jakobsen" <dont@like.spam> wrote in message
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> The desktop is actually just a listview, so if you find
> its handle you can show and hide it

That is not what was originally asked for.  Toggling the desktop does not
hide its icons, only minimizes/restores the window on it.

> DesktopListView = FindWindowEx(FindWindow("Progman", null),
> HWND(0), "ShellDll_DefView", null);

You could just use the GetDesktopWindow() function instead:

    DesktopListView = GetDesktopWindow();


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