I think I have not used the desktop for like a decade. There's always something full screen in the foreground and it would take forever to minimize and maximise every window to what it was before. Most apps I search or have pinned to start tiles. Anyone else?
The bottom right corner (assuming your taskbar is at the bottom) has a small button that minimizes everything, at least on Win10. I just swipe my mouse to the bottom right and click if I need the desktop. Clicking it again brings it all up again.
This is the way. It also forces you to organise files properly instead of periodically shoving several unused shortcuts and downloads into "organize later" folders.
I also have desktop icons disabled so it just shows a clean minimal wallpaper.
I absolutely love showing the normies my full no desktop icons, "never combine/show labels", small taskbar icons, Powertoys Fancyzones, virtual desktops, alt-space to launch literally anything experience. Blows their minds.
The future is now, my friends. Learn how your tools work.
Man, this reminds me of the 3D interactive desktops that we thought were revolutionary as kids. Some even had physics later on!
These days, if I see my desktop, Windows just forced a restart, or something else has gone wrong.