Using VAIO button as desktop shortcut?

[V3nator]

Hey,

I was wondering since the VAIO button settings can be modified through the control center, is there any way to make it into a desktop shortcut, similar to the button on the bottom right corner on windows 7? If so how?

Cheers,

Venator

[rich912 · Accepted solution]

Hi Venator,

The following works under Vista (should also work for Win7) using either the S1 or S2 buttons.

Open Notepad and the copy and paste the following:

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Save the file (on the Desktop) as:

Show desktop.scf

The Show Desktop icon will appear on the Desktop.

Open Vaio Control Center and under the button options select ‘Launch Application’ > Click ‘Settings’ > and navigate to Desktop > to the right of ‘File name’ select ‘All files’ from the drop down menu > Click on the ‘Show Desktop’ icon > Click Open then click OK and Apply.

Rich

If that fails to work you may first need to manually create a taskbar shortcut. Have a look at the following link for details of how to do this.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26379-show-desktop-shortcut-create.html

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[tidaltides]

Also, if you have other programs that can modify key functions, you will be able to change it even your volume up and down buttons.