In Windows 8, when Alt+Tab, the desktop would appear as an option to switch to at the end of the list of open programs (thus Alt-Shift-Tab helpfully took you right to the desktop).
In Windows 10 that desktop option is gone. Is there any way to get it back?
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I know about Windows+D but Alt+Tab is just more convenient in my opinion. And switching to the old old alt-tab also has no desktop and is uglier.
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I agree that the Alt + Tab was a convenient way to get to the desktop, and it's hard to break old habits. Of course the Win + D is faster, and I think that may be my new Go to
instead of paging through with Alt + Tab.
But another alternative is to add the Desktop to the Taskbar. Clicking on it gives you a list of everything in the Desktop plus some things that disappeared from Windows XP.
To get Desktop in the Taskbar, right click the Task bar and select Toolbars
→ then click Desktop
to add it to the Task bar.
I hope some feel this is a reasonable alternative.
After being very frustrated with this problem myself I came up with a work-around using AutoHotkey. Here is the script:
To use it create a text file named 'Desktop.txt' and leave it open. When you alt-tab to that file the script will quickly alt-tab back to your original active application and then use Win+D to show the desktop. By doing this it effectively behaves the same as alt-tabbing to desktop did in prior Windows versions, even keeping the desktop shortcut in the expected order in the alt-tab menu. I put both the Ahk script and the Desktop.txt file in my startup folder so they start automatically when I turn on my computer.
Have you checked that it's not on tablet mode? Check with the bottom left corner and click the speech bubble and turn off tablet mode if it is on. This is how I fixed mine :)
While upgrading keeps the option available it does not show the desktop as an icon, and it often bugs back to the current application if there is only one.
If you have two or more it won't go back to the desktop.
I noticed that if you did a complete wipe and installed Windows 10 then the Alt + Tab option was gone. However, doing the upgrade from 8/8.1 to Windows 10 kept the Alt + Tab option enabled. I don't know why it happens like that, but it does, at least it does from my experience. If you can, install Windows 8/8.1 and upgrade to Windows 10 and you should have it again! I hope this helps.
Source: My friend did a complete install of Windows 10 while I just did the upgrade. His was gone, but mine is still there. I tested the same thing on my laptop after installing new hardware, and it performs the same as my desktop.
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Nox(21 posts)(21 posts)Hopefully it will be helpful for you too guys.
I've got Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit
Intel Core i5-4590
Here are the steps I've followed in order to be able to run and play the game, hear the sounds and watch the cinematics:
1. Download the game
2. Turn off avast and install the game (I've used a custom directory, though that surely doesn't matter)
2. 'Game.exe' -> set Compatibility mode: Windows 98 / Windows Me
3. 'Nox.exe' -> set Compatibility mode: Windows XP SP2
4. Launch 'Nox.exe'
5. Alt+Shift+Supr -> Open the Task Manager -> Close the process called 'Nox.exe'
6. Launch 'Nox.exe' again.
7. That's it!
No file modifications were required. The game now runs smoothly and even allows me to alt+tab and back seamessly. This trick (steps 4-6) also proved to work with Diablo II, Warcraft 3 and some other good old games.
Hopefully it will be helpful for you too guys.
I've got Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit
Intel Core i5-4590
Here are the steps I've followed in order to be able to run and play the game, hear the sounds and watch the cinematics:
1. Download the game
2. Turn off avast and install the game (I've used a custom directory, though that surely doesn't matter)
2. 'Game.exe' -> set Compatibility mode: Windows 98 / Windows Me
3. 'Nox.exe' -> set Compatibility mode: Windows XP SP2
4. Launch 'Nox.exe'
5. Alt+Shift+Supr -> Open the Task Manager -> Close the process called 'Nox.exe'
6. Launch 'Nox.exe' again.
7. That's it!
No file modifications were required. The game now runs smoothly and even allows me to alt+tab and back seamessly. This trick (steps 4-6) also proved to work with Diablo II, Warcraft 3 and some other good old games.
Woo Haa !!!
I did the Game.exe and Nox.ex compatibility settings.
Nothing else.
I did this on windows 10.
I can play Nox now on win(lose) 10.
Thanks very much!
Hopefully it will be helpful for you too guys.
I've got Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit
Intel Core i5-4590
Here are the steps I've followed in order to be able to run and play the game, hear the sounds and watch the cinematics:
1. Download the game
2. Turn off avast and install the game (I've used a custom directory, though that surely doesn't matter)
2. 'Game.exe' -> set Compatibility mode: Windows 98 / Windows Me
3. 'Nox.exe' -> set Compatibility mode: Windows XP SP2
4. Launch 'Nox.exe'
5. Alt+Shift+Supr -> Open the Task Manager -> Close the process called 'Nox.exe'
6. Launch 'Nox.exe' again.
7. That's it!
No file modifications were required. The game now runs smoothly and even allows me to alt+tab and back seamessly. This trick (steps 4-6) also proved to work with Diablo II, Warcraft 3 and some other good old games.
I got My copy of Nox from origin as an 'on-the-house' deal
as EA does not believe in Customer Support, I tried the GoG forums in hope for a way to get the game to run.
Out-of the box the game insta-crashes and windows event viewer is the only way to find out what kind of crash it is.
it is an 'Access Violation (0x00000005)' crash
Running the Game.exe as win98 compat and
Nox as Win Xp (Xp2) or Win89 compatibility and
I get the intro video but upon any key press or mouse click I get....
Access Violation Appcrash.
If I don't press a key or mouse button after the intro video finishes and the Nox video starts, I crash.
I tried the DDraw Wrapper that was linked in the earlier post, as well as DgVoodoo2 and I still get the intro video and then the appcrash.
As the game crashes on any keystroke or mouse click I can not alt+tab to task manager to attempt the 'end process' workaround, I crash everytime.
For Me Nox is incompatible with my Windows 7 pro 64 bit. I don't believe it will ever run on my machine.
I have tried everything I can think of and this game is completely unplayable.
I got My copy of Nox from origin as an 'on-the-house' deal
as EA does not believe in Customer Support, I tried the GoG forums in hope for a way to get the game to run.
Out-of the box the game insta-crashes and windows event viewer is the only way to find out what kind of crash it is.
it is an 'Access Violation (0x00000005)' crash
Running the Game.exe as win98 compat and
Nox as Win Xp (Xp2) or Win89 compatibility and
I get the intro video but upon any key press or mouse click I get....
Access Violation Appcrash.
If I don't press a key or mouse button after the intro video finishes and the Nox video starts, I crash.
I tried the DDraw Wrapper that was linked in the earlier post, as well as DgVoodoo2 and I still get the intro video and then the appcrash.
As the game crashes on any keystroke or mouse click I can not alt+tab to task manager to attempt the 'end process' workaround, I crash everytime.
For Me Nox is incompatible with my Windows 7 pro 64 bit. I don't believe it will ever run on my machine.
I have tried everything I can think of and this game is completely unplayable.