If you need to quickly hide something important, or if you just want to prevent others from seeing what you’re doing, it’s useful to know how to handle running applications. Depending on the situation and the intruder’s knowledge, either method can come in handy, but as they say, knowledge is power. We’ve put together 5 simple built-in features to help you get away with it.
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How to hide the taskbar
The first thing to pay attention to is the taskbar. Even if you hide an app or game, the bar icon will reveal your actions. To avoid this, you need to hide this panel. Click in the free space to the right of the open application icons PKMto select an item “Taskbar Options”.
Enable the switches responsible for automatically hiding the taskbar. So if you don’t move the mouse over the location of this panel, it will be hidden. If you want, you can move it to any part of the monitor to eliminate the possibility of the guest moving the mouse to the right place.
How to hide all windows and go to the desktop
If the application or game is not running in full screen, you can use the button on the taskbar, which is located to the right of the notification icon. This action will collapse everything, leaving only the home screen visible. To open everything again, just click this place again.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut Win+D. The effect is the same and if you click again everything will be restored to the way it was.
Not all games and applications support the following hotkey, so try it beforehand. Clamp “Alt+Space+C”to minimize the active app or game. So in front of you is not the desktop, but the most recently opened application, folder or browser.
Quickly switch between applications
Remark: With this method, you can instantly switch to another open application, but the game, and usually the sounds from it, will remain active.
Use the hotkey “Alt+Tab” to quickly hide a game or application. Holding down these buttons opens a small menu in the center of the screen with a preview of what you can switch to. Press again to select another available option from the list tabwhile holding down the button alt.
How to lock your screen instantly
If you watched the 2008 Iron Man movie, you probably remember the scene where Pepper was downloading data and at the very last moment managed to turn on the splash screen and hide her actions. You can too, but remember that the screensaver is just a screen that is very easy to take down.
Use the hotkey Win+Lto lock the screen. If you’ve set a password, you’ll need to re-enter it to continue your business. You can also use this option if you plan to go away for a while and don’t want strangers looking at your desktop.
Create multiple desktops
All the above methods leave the possibility to reveal you. But this option will completely, and most importantly, immediately hide all traces of your free time. Press the hotkey to quickly create a new desktop Win+Ctrl+D. So you are in a new workspace, as if you had multiple monitors. To switch between already created desktops, you can use the keyboard shortcut Win+Ctrl+←/→.
If you are confused or have created too many windows, you can use the keyboard shortcut Win+Tab. A new menu opens where you can edit the created virtual tables. To select the desired desktop, move your mouse over it and click on it painting. By the way, this method helps you to restart applications even if the task manager is “Not Responding”.
Source: VG Times