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Why does Microsoft insist on giving us useless features that we cant disable without going through x hours of troubleshooting and re-programming? The current thing for me is the annoying Show Windows Desktop Button in Win 7 thats attached to the start bar and serves no practical function other than to look tacky.
For those of you who don't know this already, the same function can be achieved by pressing the windows key+d.
Personally, I find this feature to be inconvenient even for novice users due to its inconvenient location in the bottom right corner; essentially as far away from the start button as physically possible.
I'm a rather advanced user and I decided to switch back to Window$ from Ubuntu after 7 came out because of the performance improvement and support for adobe cs4. (though thats another story entirely)
I suppose the question I have is where can this little 'feature' be found in the registry so I can remove it? (or if there is an easier way to remove it i'd be interested in that as well, though Im nearly certain it doesn't exist)
Also as a side note to Microsoft: Perhaps an update to make this icon movable and removable via gui would be nice, seeing as how im sure several other people do not like it and have less experience than I do in programming and customization.
Edit: Im not interested in 'disabling' the active feature of it, I want to remove it entirely.
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Hello,
Unfortunately, this is by design. However, there are 3rd party applications that would definitely accomplish the task at hand for you. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank you,
Aaron
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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Hello,
Unfortunately, this is by design. However, there are 3rd party applications that would definitely accomplish the task at hand for you. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank you,
Aaron
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think
It's stupid. It should have the option to turn off the fool thing. It's annoying.
still no solution from microsoft apart from a third party application
Ok...
Microsoft support - can you confirm if this issue has been reported to any Windows desktop program managers?
Here's the real issue for me:
This happens to me ALL THE TIME. And, it's very annoying.
Also, please note: THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY APPS FOR TURNING THIS OFF. There was 1, but it is not compatible with Win7 SP1. Please don't make assertions without providing links to your MIcrosoft partner's products, eh? Customers may have ended up here after copious web searching and may not care to be sent on additional wild goose chasing...
In essence, in this case Win7 has reduced WinXP functionality with little clear benefit from having done so. Why?
Will all the you @#$% people quit saying it not possible, I expect better support from a Microsoft Support enginer that gets paid to help us.
Why is it that I have to go to an underground site to get the answers to Microsoft questions.
Please if you not going to tell us how to fix something, then all you @#$% Microsfot Engineers should shut your pie holes.
Very upset Microsoft user.
If I wanted the look and feel of a Mac I'd have bought a Mac.
