20 June, 2012

Windows 7: Restore All Windows

Let's say you have 2 Explorer windows you want to compare side-by-side. You switch to another program for a while. Now to switch back, you have to mouse over Explorer on the Task Bar, click on one window, and repeat for the second window. Is there a way to restore all windows from a certain program/group at once? Other people are asking the same question:
http://superuser.com/questions/163342/raise-all-grouped-windows-on-windows-7-taskbar
http://superuser.com/questions/276110/how-to-restore-all-minimized-windows-in-windows-7
http://superuser.com/questions/274763/on-windows-7-can-i-customize-it-so-that-when-i-click-an-app-all-3-windows-of-i
http://superuser.com/questions/113162/bring-to-front-all-windows-for-a-certain-application-in-windows-7

So far, there are only 2 ways, none very good:
  1. Shift+right click > restore all windows
  2. Ctrl+click several times

At this point, I'm willing to install additional software to change this behaviour.

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