How do I get my "Show Desktop" button back?

[thawolfman]

I accidentally deleted it 😱

 

[zCypher]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
I accidentally deleted it 😱

Location: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

That's all I can tell you from my comp ....

heh heh, sucker.

 

[thawolfman]

Nope 😛

I deleted it when I was messing around with my themes and using an OS X one.

 

[Wallydraigle]

I deleted mine once too😱 I forget how I got it back, it was a long time ago. Have you tried doing a Google search for the file name?

 

[amdskip]

I wanna know too just in case I need to do this someday.

 

[thawolfman]

It was show desktop.lnk I believe 😕

 

[thawolfman]

Too on topic for off topic, eh?

Hopefully it'll get some traffic in here.

 

[EagleKeeper]

From the Help in W2K

To add a program to the Quick Launch bar

In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click the icon for the program you want to add, and drag it to the Quick Launch portion of the taskbar.
The icon for that program appears next to the other Quick Launch icons on the taskbar.

Note

If the Quick Launch bar is not displayed, right-click an empty area on the taskbar, click Toolbars, and then click Quick Launch.
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[topaz22]

I opened up Show Desktop.scf:

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

you should be able to copy and past that... maybe have to select the icon.

edit: this was from winxp

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: topaz22
I opened up Show Desktop.scf:

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

you should be able to copy and past that... maybe have to select the icon.

edit: this was from winxp

Sweet!

Created a text file, pasted the info, and renamed it to "Show Desktop.scf" and it automatically changed the icon.

Thanks 🙂

 

[BlueWeasel]

Download link for us lazy ones

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: topaz22
I opened up Show Desktop.scf:

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

you should be able to copy and past that... maybe have to select the icon.

edit: this was from winxp

That's pretty cool!😀 It works for Windows 2000 too, if anyone cares.

 

[Nocturnal]

This thread rocks. Some idiot at my work deleted the desktop icon. Thanks!