IT Tip of the Month – Minimise Windows with a Shake on Windows 7

For the next few months, our IT Tips are going to focus on the little (or not so little) things that you might not have realised Windows 7 can do.
So, for our first one, here’s a tip about how you can clear your cluttered desktop with a simple gesture of your hand…

If you only want a single window up on your desktop at any one time, it can be a time consuming process to shut down or minimise all the other ones filling up your screen.

With Windows 7’s Aero Shake feature, all you have to do is grab the title bar of the window you want to keep open with the cursor, shake your mouse, and all the other windows will magically minimise and disappear from your screen.

Easy!