Minimizing all open windows in C#

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using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace ConsoleApplication1 {
class Program {
    [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "FindWindow", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);
    [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SendMessage", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

    const int WM_COMMAND = 0x111;
    const int MIN_ALL = 419;
    const int MIN_ALL_UNDO = 416;

    static void Main(string[] args) {
        IntPtr lHwnd = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", null);
        SendMessage(lHwnd, WM_COMMAND, (IntPtr)MIN_ALL, IntPtr.Zero); 
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000);
        SendMessage(lHwnd, WM_COMMAND, (IntPtr)MIN_ALL_UNDO, IntPtr.Zero);
    }
}
}

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