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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.
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.
rabban, you rock. Pest post in a while.
M$, #)$% you. I still prefer the XP GUI as I was able to customize is and use it the way I want, but new tools require me to use 7. And it pisses me off. I have never used my "desktop". To me it's the void that exists behind my work. From the office toolbar to a custom desktop tool bar I would pin to the side of my screen, I've never had use for a desktop and certainly not for a #*^'ing "show desktop" button.
If I could use linux, I would gladly move to ubuntu and leave your ^%$ in the dust, but as a sysadmin that supports your products, I'm bound to your ****. Just like any poor shlap that buys into apples totalitarian regime. Macs are on the verge of being turned into iPads with keyboards. I want and need an actual computer. Remember who your customers are, people who do business and make money. Windows phone 7 is a cheap copy of the complete peace of **** iPhone, and compared locked down PS3, the XBOX is also a secondary peace of garbage. "Do one thing and do it well." M$ wouldn't exists without its enterprise customers. If you screw us you're screwed. And you're doing it by trying to compete in the consumer market and not innovating for the enterprise.
still no solution from microsoft apart from a third party application
