FG

What's the difference between the "Win-D" and "Win-M" shortcuts?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 202635917 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

I was wondering in what situation will we see a difference between Win+D and Win+M ? This thread claims that the former does a "show desktop" while the latter does a "minimize all" (but of course there's no difference between those two), Whereas this thread talks about stuff like wm_minimize messag…

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: What's the difference between the "Win-D" and "Win-M" shortcuts?

Low Risk

"Minimize All" - WinM, that is - sends a minimize command to all windows. However, some windows don't support the minimize command, and will thus still be visible. In those cases, WinD, "Show Desktop", will get you to the desktop. Note that the wind…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment