Restores all desktop windows to the same state they were in before the last MinimizeAll command. This method has the same effect as right-clicking the taskbar and selecting Undo Minimize All Windows on older systems or a second clicking of the Show Desktop icon in the Quick Launch area of the taskbar in Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

Syntax

Shell.UndoMinimizeALL()

Return Value

No return value.

Examples

The following example shows UndoMinimizeALL in use. Proper usage is shown for Microsoft JScript, Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), and Visual Basic.

JScript:

<script language="JScript">
    function fnShellUndoMinimizeALLJ()
    {
        var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
        
        objShell.UndoMinimizeALL();
    }
</script>

VBScript:

<script language="VBScript">
    function fnShellUndoMinimizeALLVB()
        dim objShell
        
        set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
        objShell.UndoMinimizeALL

        set objShell = nothing
    end function
 </script>

Visual Basic:

Private Sub fnShellUndoMinimizeAllVB()
    Dim objShell As Shell
    
    Set objShell = New Shell
    objShell.UndoMinimizeALL

    Set objShell = Nothing
End Sub

Applies To

Shell