Minimise all but one


Although Windows 95 and NT 4.0 don't let you selectively manage multiple windows (see previous tip), you can right-click an empty area of the taskbar and minimise, maximise, cascade, or tile all non-minimised windows. To tile or cascade some windows but not others, minimise those in the latter group first; then select the command you want from the taskbar's right-click menu. To minimise all windows but one or two, here's a handy trick: in the window or windows that you want to remain on screen, choose File-Open or File-Save As or any command that opens a dialogue box. Then use the right-click menu to minimise all programs. Any application with an open dialogue box will not be minimised.

- Scott Dunn


Category:win95
Issue: September 1999

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