Icon missing from Quick Launch Toolbar

[Guest]

"How do I restore the missinng "show desktop" icon on my Vista quick launch
toolbar"? I must have deleted it somehow or other. Thanks for any help you
may offer.

 

[John Inzer]

"How do I restore the missinng "show desktop" icon on my Vista quick
launch toolbar"? I must have deleted it somehow or other. Thanks
for any help you may offer.

============================
I think the instructions in the following
article will work for Vista.

(190355) How to Re-create the Show
Desktop Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190355

If you try it...let me know the result.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Donny]

"How do I restore the missinng "show desktop" icon on my Vista quick launch
toolbar"? I must have deleted it somehow or other. Thanks for any help you
may offer.

I just spent an hour with HP about this very thing!

We tried everything. Here's the only thing that works:


Open Notepad and enter the following text:


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


Save the new file to

C:\Users\(your user name goes here)

as "Show Desktop.scf", (make sure the file name doesn't have the
quotation marks, I only added them to make it clear what the file name
should be), then drag and drop the icon on the
Quick Launch bar or whatever location you want the shortcut to appear.

Don't accidentally delete it again!
(But if you do, it's an easy fix).

My ¢2
Donny

 

[Guest]

Thanks anyway john but it didn't work out.

============================
I think the instructions in the following
article will work for Vista.

(190355) How to Re-create the Show
Desktop Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190355

If you try it...let me know the result.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

Thanks Donny, it worked like a charm.

"How do I restore the missinng "show desktop" icon on my Vista quick launch
toolbar"? I must have deleted it somehow or other. Thanks for any help you
may offer.

I just spent an hour with HP about this very thing!

We tried everything. Here's the only thing that works:


Open Notepad and enter the following text:


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


Save the new file to

C:\Users\(your user name goes here)

as "Show Desktop.scf", (make sure the file name doesn't have the
quotation marks, I only added them to make it clear what the file name
should be), then drag and drop the icon on the
Quick Launch bar or whatever location you want the shortcut to appear.

Don't accidentally delete it again!
(But if you do, it's an easy fix).

My ¢2
Donny

 

[Donny]

Thanks Donny, it worked like a charm.

Glad I could give something back. Just make sure you don't someday
delete that scf file you created. That's the actual shortcut to the
command, and the shortcut in your taskbar is a shortcut to a shortcut!

My ¢2
Donny

"How do I restore the missinng "show desktop" icon on my Vista quick launch
toolbar"? I must have deleted it somehow or other. Thanks for any help you
may offer.

I just spent an hour with HP about this very thing!

We tried everything. Here's the only thing that works:


Open Notepad and enter the following text:


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


Save the new file to

C:\Users\(your user name goes here)

as "Show Desktop.scf", (make sure the file name doesn't have the
quotation marks, I only added them to make it clear what the file name
should be), then drag and drop the icon on the
Quick Launch bar or whatever location you want the shortcut to appear.

Don't accidentally delete it again!
(But if you do, it's an easy fix).

My ¢2
Donny

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for posting this. I've been trying for a couple weeks to
figure out how to get the "show desktop" icon back in the quick launch. It
worked and was very easy to do.

"How do I restore the missinng "show desktop" icon on my Vista quick launch
toolbar"? I must have deleted it somehow or other. Thanks for any help you
may offer.

I just spent an hour with HP about this very thing!

We tried everything. Here's the only thing that works:


Open Notepad and enter the following text:


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


Save the new file to

C:\Users\(your user name goes here)

as "Show Desktop.scf", (make sure the file name doesn't have the
quotation marks, I only added them to make it clear what the file name
should be), then drag and drop the icon on the
Quick Launch bar or whatever location you want the shortcut to appear.

Don't accidentally delete it again!
(But if you do, it's an easy fix).

My ¢2
Donny

 

[jonathan perreault]

humm i was gonna send you a copy in a file attachement but it seems that the
show desktop isn't a program but a shortcut so i dough it would work on your
system, but i tried and was told that no such support or something like that
to send a attachment to a newsgroup

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Thank you so much for posting this. I've been trying for a couple weeks to
figure out how to get the "show desktop" icon back in the quick launch. It
worked and was very easy to do.

"How do I restore the missinng "show desktop" icon on my Vista quick
launch
toolbar"? I must have deleted it somehow or other. Thanks for any help
you
may offer.

I just spent an hour with HP about this very thing!

We tried everything. Here's the only thing that works:


Open Notepad and enter the following text:


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


Save the new file to

C:\Users\(your user name goes here)

as "Show Desktop.scf", (make sure the file name doesn't have the
quotation marks, I only added them to make it clear what the file name
should be), then drag and drop the icon on the
Quick Launch bar or whatever location you want the shortcut to appear.

Don't accidentally delete it again!
(But if you do, it's an easy fix).

My ¢2
Donny