If you just want a list, you can right-click on the DesktopOnTop icon in the system tray and get a start-menu lookalike with a list of programs and files on your desktop. But a left click brings up a picture of your desktop. Sort of. The first thing you'll probably notice is that the wallpaper doesn't match yours. If this bothers you, you can either change your desktop wallpaper to match DesktopOnTop (which nobody really expects you to do), or you can select a solid color that looks good with your desktop an adjust the program's transparency level.
DesktopOnTop is highly customizable and light weight. It uses about 8MB of RAM.
[via Freeware Genius]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-04-2008 @ 7:26PM
Bannana said...
Win-D?
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7-04-2008 @ 8:37PM
hazard said...
this wont work because as soon as you change the z-order (by opening a new window) Win-D cannot restore to previous state.
7-04-2008 @ 8:37PM
soniiic said...
no, just a little breezy
7-05-2008 @ 7:27AM
Muffin_man said...
. . . or you can add the desktop button to the quick launch bar . . .
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7-05-2008 @ 7:34AM
lilmoder said...
I like Wind+D option.
Im also using "homemade" toolbar with shortcuts:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/fa15168851125
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7-07-2008 @ 8:26AM
Phil said...
I have a laptop with a second monitor. The second monitor is my main one - has the start bar etc. This app only shows the desktop on the laptop, not the screen where all my icons are.
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7-07-2008 @ 11:49AM
James said...
Agreed about Win-D -- there's two problems, and I use the shortcut all the time so I have a lot of experience with them. One, each window has to process a minimize request, then a restore request. If your system is acting sluggish for whatever reason, that can take a few noticeable seconds. Two, like an earlier poster noted, if you want to actually *launch a shortcut* from your desktop, the newly opened window will prevent you from restoring your previous windows with Win-D.
It sounds like this program will solve both those issues. I'm going to give it a go.
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