showdesktop.exe location?

[Bradlee Robertson]

I had the icon for "showdesktop" in the Quick Launch tray,
but I accidentally dragged it to another folder
that was being displayed in an Explorer window,
and in deleting it from that folder,
I rendered the shortcut null in the Quick Launch tray.

I can get the same functionality by rt-clicking on any of the
running application trays and selecting "Show the Desktop",
but it's more convenient to have a shortcut in the Quick
Launch tray.

Where can I find "showdesktop.exe" so that I can put the
shortcut to it back in the Quick Launch tray? ("Search
for Files and Folders" hasn't revealed its location.)
Thank you for any help.

 

[Malke]

I had the icon for "showdesktop" in the Quick Launch tray,
but I accidentally dragged it to another folder
that was being displayed in an Explorer window,
and in deleting it from that folder,
I rendered the shortcut null in the Quick Launch tray.

I can get the same functionality by rt-clicking on any of the
running application trays and selecting "Show the Desktop",
but it's more convenient to have a shortcut in the Quick
Launch tray.

Where can I find "showdesktop.exe" so that I can put the
shortcut to it back in the Quick Launch tray? ("Search
for Files and Folders" hasn't revealed its location.)

Restore "Show Desktop" from MVP Rick Rogers:

Copy/paste the below into notepad, then click file/"save as" and call it
"show desktop.scf" and drop it on the desktop. You can drag it from
there to the quicklaunch bar.

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=EXPLORER.EXE,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Malke

 

[Bradlee Robertson]

I had the icon for "showdesktop" in the Quick Launch tray,
but I accidentally dragged it to another folder
that was being displayed in an Explorer window,
and in deleting it from that folder,
I rendered the shortcut null in the Quick Launch tray.

I can get the same functionality by rt-clicking on any of the
running application trays and selecting "Show the Desktop",
but it's more convenient to have a shortcut in the Quick
Launch tray.

Where can I find "showdesktop.exe" so that I can put the
shortcut to it back in the Quick Launch tray? ("Search
for Files and Folders" hasn't revealed its location.)

Restore "Show Desktop" from MVP Rick Rogers:

Copy/paste the below into notepad, then click file/"save as" and call it
"show desktop.scf" and drop it on the desktop. You can drag it from
there to the quicklaunch bar.

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=EXPLORER.EXE,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Voilà! Thanks much, Malke.