winapi - Simulate Win+D (Show Desktop) from Python Script

Question

I want to minimize all open windows and / or show the desktop on a Windows 10 machine from within a python script. I had a look in the win32api, win32con, win32gui but cannot find anything appropriate. Any idea appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

Pyautogui is a great module for stimulating keyboard clicks and mouse clicks. To install it, try this command in the terminal. pip install PyAutoGUI

Using pyautogui, you can stimulate a virtual click in 2 ways. Choose which one works best for you:

1:

import pyautogui
pyautogui.hotkey('winleft', 'd')

2:

import pyautogui

pyautogui.keyDown('winleft')
pyautogui.press('d')
pyautogui.keyUp('winleft')

Sometimes the first one doesn't work, so if it doesn't, try the second one.