Windows 8 does the same.
I do not have that “show desktop” box on my screen on the lower right of my taskbar.
On the right of my taskbar, I have the word “desktop” followed by “>>” slightly raised above the baseline. If I click on the word “desktop”, nothing happens. If I click on the “>>”, it shows all the programs that are on my desktop, including a “show desktop” icon, which I must then click to get to the desktop.
By following the directions in the link I posted earlier, I now have a nice simple “show desktop” icon the left side of my bar, which by clicking on once, I immediately return to my desktop.
it’s not delineated in Windows 8, but it’s still there.
ah. you have the “Desktop” toolbar turned on. I don’t; it’s not on by default. Sorry you got led into using the most complicated solution possible.
PC sales are hurting because you can no longer sell a thousand dollar computer to someone who only wants to use the internet and check their email. Making the PC look like a tablet is not going to change that.
Nice summary of the situation. A tablet acts like a tablet because it’s a tablet. It’s efficient for that type of device. I don’t mind that my tablet acts like a tablet, but I don’t want my PC to act like a tablet.
It’s actually pretty funny how 3rd parties are making money selling people missing Windows 8 features that were blindingly obvious and essential.
Turns out it is very, very easy to have both a start menu and the app screen.
That means jump lists are back (disallowed on the app screen), unified search is back (disallowed on the app screen), boot to desktop is back (disallowed on the app screen), non full screen search and start menu pinning is back (disallowed on the app screen), pop up blocking in non-Metro programs is enabled (disallowed by Microsoft), and so on. And the app screen is still there, best of both worlds.
It’s almost unbelievable that Microsoft disabled all these features.
I find Microsoft’s new commercial interesting; it seems to be saying:
“If you don’t want to get with the program and use our tablet interface you can use this computer as an actual computer by plugging in a keyboard and using Office on the old desktop that’s still there.”