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If you haven’t gone through the Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts list yet, you may be wondering if it’s possible to open all the windows which are grouped under a single icon in the Taskbar. Luckily, there is a keyboard shortcut available for this so that you don’t have to open each window in the group one at a time.
Restore all windows in a group
To restore all windows in a group, press the SHIFT key down, right-click on the group icon in the Taskbar. You’ll see a menu with the following options.
- Cascade
- Show windows stacked
- Show windows side by side
- Restore all windows
- Minimize all windows
- Close all windows
Click Restore all windows.
Open windows one at a time
To open each window at a time, hold the CTRL key and click on the group icon. This cycles through the windows in that group.
Check out the Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts list and make the most use of it. Additionally, you’d like to read about the Hidden context menu items in Windows 7.
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Is there a way to Restore All minimized windows? For example, I click Show Desktop so I can get to an icon and I open a program. Now if I click on Show Desktop, I simply toggle between the Desktop and that new program. All I really want to do is get back all the windows I had open before the first Show Desktop. The MS guys are probably all shouting “use the Start Menu to start your new program.” I don’t know about most users, but I can’t stand the Start Menu. It takes a lot of searching and mousing, and the exploded subcategories are always going away before I can click on my selection.