{"id":30993,"date":"2011-07-25T05:19:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T23:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/?p=30993"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:39:20","slug":"remove-and-restore-show-desktop-button-with-showdesktop-remover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/remove-and-restore-show-desktop-button-with-showdesktop-remover","title":{"rendered":"Remove and Restore Show Desktop Button with ShowDesktop Remover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Show Desktop Remover is a freeware tool\u00a0that lets you easily remove and restore the Show Desktop button appearing in the right side of Windows 7 taskbar. Windows 7 introduced a cool new feature &#8211; creating a Show Desktop button in the extreme right of the taskbar. While most appreciated it, there will always be some who do not like it and prefer the old Show Desktop icon which appeared near the start button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course one can always disable desktop preview by right clicking on in it and un-checking Peek at Desktop. One can also get a preview of the desktop you can also click Windows + Spacebar keys.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Show Desktop Remover<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ShowDesktop Remover<\/strong> is a tiny app that does what its name says &#8211; it removes the show desktop button from the Windows 7 taskbar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/show-desktop-remover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30994\" title=\"show-desktop-remover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/show-desktop-remover-356x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/show-desktop-remover-356x400.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/show-desktop-remover-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/show-desktop-remover.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Show Show Desktop will Show the button.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hide Show desktop will Hide the button.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Does not require user to have app running all the time and button will not reappear until you want it to<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hide Show Desktop on System Startup will hide the button and when you boot your system will hide the button then exit.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/downloads\/SDR.zip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-760\" title=\"Download\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/download1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/download1.gif 222w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/download1-20x4.gif 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/downloads\/SDR.zip\">ShowDesktop Remover v1<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>has been created by Lee Whitington for The Windows Club. It\u00a0was created after Lee saw a previous app that was separated into a couple of apps, if a user had Taskbar on Top.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Windows 7 users &#8211; if you want the Show Desktop button on the left side of your taskbar, the way it appeared in Windows Vista and Windows XP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/get-the-show-desktop-icon-back-in-windows-7-taskbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see this<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Show Desktop Remover is a freeware tool\u00a0that lets you easily remove and restore the Show Desktop button appearing in the right side of Windows 7 taskbar. Windows 7 introduced a cool new feature &#8211; creating a Show Desktop button in the extreme right of the taskbar. 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