Have you mistakenly deleted the Show Desktop icon from the Quick Launch bar? Or is it just simply missing and you don’t know how to restore or recreate it? I’ve been using Windows for a long time but I’ve never encountered or heard of this problem before until the other day when someone asked me to restore the Show Desktop icon.
I’m sure there are other Windows users who have encountered this problem or are looking for the answer to it. Fret not, as you have come to the right place. Below are the steps on how to restore or recreate the Show Desktop icon.
Steps:
- Open Notepad or any text editor
- Type in the following data:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop - Click Save
- Name the file Show Desktop.scf
- Drag and drop the file into the Quick Launch bar or wherever you want to have the shortcut
Voila! Wasn’t that easy? Now you have your Show Desktop icon back where it belongs.
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May 28th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
I’m guessing that what might have happened with your computer is that the Quick Launch bar was disabled so all the icons also disappeared. You’re welcome! ;)
May 28th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Ive never heard of this, but all my icons did disappear the other day. Out of the blue they came back, lol. I have no idea why it does that, but I hope this will help. Thanks!
May 27th, 2007 at 11:28 am
@ade – You’re welcome! ;)
@mr nice ash – Been busy and wasn’t able to finish customizing it. :D
May 26th, 2007 at 6:10 am
yeah, what happened?
May 25th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Oh thank god for the tutorial. Me likey!
May 25th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
@mr nice ash – Really? You’re the first person I know who deletes that icon on purpose. Hehe
@trench – I’m not yet done customizing it and still not sure whether I should use it or not.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
What happened to the other theme I just saw?
May 24th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
I am probably the one who hates that icon the most. :) I usually delete that icon intentionally and do a Windows + D instead…