How to restore ‘Minimize all windows’ in Windows 7

As great as Windows 7 is it does have a few annoyances one of which is the changed taskbar, I’m getting used to the taskbar but one I am missing is the ability to minimise multiple windows grouped by the program. Apparently this has been removed by default due to the implementation of Aero Shake and Aero Peek. After a bit of research I did find that you can restore the options by holding Shift and right-clicking on the button, this should display the menu with the old options of Cascade, Show windows stacked, Show windows side by side, Restore all windows, Minimize all windows and Close all windows.

Cascade, Show windows stacked, Show windows side by side, Restore all windows, Minimize all windows and Close all windows taskbar options

As an extra I also found that if you hold down Shift and left-click then it will open a new instance of the icon you clicked on, very handy.

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