destop button on quick launch

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I somehow deleted the quick launch icon for "desktop". I can't figure out
how to add it back. That's the most important quicklaunch icon to me. I
tried making a shortcut right on my desktop, by browsing to "desktop", but
when I clip on this shortcut, it opens up a folder of the desktop rather than
taking me to the desktop.
thanks,
ck

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I somehow deleted the quick launch icon for "desktop". I can't
figure out how to add it back. That's the most important quicklaunch
icon to me. I tried making a shortcut right on my desktop, by
browsing to "desktop", but when I clip on this shortcut, it opens up
a folder of the desktop rather than taking me to the desktop.
thanks,

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar.

Or just click on this link:

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also note that you can do this with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of
the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

 

[ritzput]

tried:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

and said it was added to quick launch but it wasn't?

i did copy and paste in Notepad though and that worked.

It's still a mystery why it suddenly disappeared. Any ideas for future
reference?

I somehow deleted the quick launch icon for "desktop". I can't
figure out how to add it back. That's the most important quicklaunch
icon to me. I tried making a shortcut right on my desktop, by
browsing to "desktop", but when I clip on this shortcut, it opens up
a folder of the desktop rather than taking me to the desktop.
thanks,

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar.

Or just click on this link:

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also note that you can do this with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of
the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

 

[ritzput]

tried:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
but didn't appear on quick launch even though said it was completed?

Did copy/paste in Notepad and that did work.

Any ideas why this shortcut miraculously disappeared for future reference?

I somehow deleted the quick launch icon for "desktop". I can't
figure out how to add it back. That's the most important quicklaunch
icon to me. I tried making a shortcut right on my desktop, by
browsing to "desktop", but when I clip on this shortcut, it opens up
a folder of the desktop rather than taking me to the desktop.
thanks,

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar.

Or just click on this link:

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also note that you can do this with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of
the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

 

[ritzput]

tried:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

but didn't appear on quick launch even though said it was completed?

Did copy/paste in Notepad and that did work.

Any ideas why this shortcut miraculously disappeared for future reference?

I somehow deleted the quick launch icon for "desktop". I can't
figure out how to add it back. That's the most important quicklaunch
icon to me. I tried making a shortcut right on my desktop, by
browsing to "desktop", but when I clip on this shortcut, it opens up
a folder of the desktop rather than taking me to the desktop.
thanks,

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar.

Or just click on this link:

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also note that you can do this with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of
the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

 

[ritzput]

tried:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
but didn't appear on quick launch even though said it was completed?

Did copy/paste in Notepad and that did work.

Any ideas why this shortcut miraculously disappeared for future reference?

I somehow deleted the quick launch icon for "desktop". I can't
figure out how to add it back. That's the most important quicklaunch
icon to me. I tried making a shortcut right on my desktop, by
browsing to "desktop", but when I clip on this shortcut, it opens up
a folder of the desktop rather than taking me to the desktop.
thanks,

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar.

Or just click on this link:

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also note that you can do this with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of
the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

 

[ritzput]

test?

I somehow deleted the quick launch icon for "desktop". I can't
figure out how to add it back. That's the most important quicklaunch
icon to me. I tried making a shortcut right on my desktop, by
browsing to "desktop", but when I clip on this shortcut, it opens up
a folder of the desktop rather than taking me to the desktop.
thanks,

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar.

Or just click on this link:

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also note that you can do this with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of
the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

 

[ritzput]

link didn't work but copy and paste in notebook did.

any idea why this icon mysteriously disappears?

I somehow deleted the quick launch icon for "desktop". I can't
figure out how to add it back. That's the most important quicklaunch
icon to me. I tried making a shortcut right on my desktop, by
browsing to "desktop", but when I clip on this shortcut, it opens up
a folder of the desktop rather than taking me to the desktop.
thanks,

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar.

Or just click on this link:

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also note that you can do this with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of
the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.