The Aero desktop, introduced in Windows Vista, has also been implemented in Windows 7 in a much improved version that brings significant 3D visual effects on window management . A useful feature is the ability to scroll and navigate between windows and open programs using a three-dimensional interface.
Basically, in Windows 7, in addition to the traditional Switch of windows that can be done with the Alt-Tab keys, there is also the three-dimensional exchange activated by the Win-Tab keys.
By holding down the Windows key, you can scroll through the various windows using the other key, the Tab.
It is understood that, unless you take this shortcut to make it a habit, this feature is difficult to access and most people use the taskbar to switch from one window to another.
So I thought of creating a new button, to be placed near the Start, fixed on the low bar, which would allow me to swap between Windows Aero 3d windows, quickly, with a single click .
To create the swap key, simply create a new shortcut on the desktop by pressing the right mouse button on the screen, selecting the "New" item from the context menu and then choosing Shortcut.
Windows now asks to specify the path of the program to be launched and the following line must be written: C: \ WINDOWS \ system32 \ rundll32.exe DwmApi # 105
Note that there is a space between exe and DwmApi and another space between DwmApi and # 105.
Also, if your Windows installation is on another disk other than C, change the drive by putting the correct letter.
Click Next and name the link before clicking Finish.
Now right click on this newly created link, go to the properties and then, from the Link tab, click on " Change Icon ".
Now, without pressing on browse, enter the following path in the address field
C: \ Windows \ System32 \ imageres.dll
The first icon that appears, resembling a group of stacked windows, is the one suitable for the switch.
Now that the shortcut key is perfectly recognizable, you can drag it down, near the start, for its immediate use at any occasion and the desktop icon can, if you want, be deleted.
The exchange between windows can be done only with the mouse or you can scroll in 3D using the arrow keys.
If you are interested in these 3D window effects, if you want something more and, above all, if you have Windows XP on which Aero does not exist, read the article on desktops and three-dimensional windows and on multiple 3D desktops and Compiz effects to discover interesting alternatives.
