Get a Quick Desktop Preview in Windows 7

Edited by Lukward Thomason, Alexander Avdeev

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Steps

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    For example, we have a window open, and we can't see our desktop
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    We really want to see what is going on our desktop, but we don't want to minimize the window. We have two options.
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    We can hover the mouse over the desktop button in the lower-right side of the screen
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    The desktop will be shown.
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    Alternatively, we also can press and hold the "Start menu" button and then press "Space"
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    Once we have all of the information, we can let go of the buttons.
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    We will be brought back to the previous window
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    This concludes our tutorial on how to get a quick preview of the desktop in Windows 7. Thank you for watching VisiHow! If you have any comments or questions, please leave them in the comment section below.
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Categories : Operating System

Recent edits by: Lukward Thomason

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