Destroy/remove/hide/kill the show desktop button in Windows 7
I actually hate that button. I am used to go to the lower-right corner with my mouse when I want to see the calendar, not when I want to see my desktop. That’s why I wanted to get rid of it, but there is no option anywhere to do so.
Long story short, I wrote a very small C++ program to kill it. Here it is:
And if you don’t want to compile it yourself, here is the compiled exe.
Just move a link to it in your Startup Start menu, set it to run with Admin rights and you are all set.
Long story short, I wrote a very small C++ program to kill it. Here it is:
// DestroyShowDesktop.cpp : Kill the show desktop button, by S2
//
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "windows.h"
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
HWND hTrayWnd, hTrayNotifyWnd, hButton;
hTrayWnd = FindWindow(_T("Shell_TrayWnd"), _T(""));
if (!hTrayWnd) return 0;
hTrayNotifyWnd = FindWindowEx(hTrayWnd, 0, _T("TrayNotifyWnd"), _T(""));
if (!hTrayNotifyWnd) return 0;
//Get the Show Desktop Button which is a child of TrayNotifyWnd.
hButton = FindWindowEx(hTrayNotifyWnd, 0, _T("TrayShowDesktopButtonWClass"), _T(""));
if (!hButton) return 0;
//KILL IT!
SendMessage(hButton, WM_DESTROY, NULL, NULL);
//repaint the systray
SendMessage(hTrayNotifyWnd, WM_PAINT, NULL, NULL);
return 0;
}
And if you don’t want to compile it yourself, here is the compiled exe.
Just move a link to it in your Startup Start menu, set it to run with Admin rights and you are all set.
Not sure why it did not work for me. I ran your exe, it did not help. So I made subtle changes to make use of
SendMessage(hButton,WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_CLOSE, NULL); instead of your last two sendmessages. It worked then. Thanks.
Ei Ramana, can u upload the .exe of your code version?.