lost show desktop icon

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John Hurdle

While playing around changing some icons, I managed to lose the show desktop
icon and its file association. Can anybody tell me how to get it back.TIA

Johnboy
 
John said:
While playing around changing some icons, I managed to lose the show
desktop icon and its file association. Can anybody tell me how to get
it back.TIA
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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.
 
i downloaded the script and ran it and still no Show Desktop icon on the
quicklaunch bar it simply does NOTHING

Ken Blake said:
John said:
While playing around changing some icons, I managed to lose the show
desktop icon and its file association. Can anybody tell me how to get
it back.TIA
Click to expand...


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.
Click to expand...
 
OWL said:
i downloaded the script and ran it and still no Show Desktop icon on
the quicklaunch bar it simply does NOTHING
Click to expand...


Running the script doesn't put it on the Quick Launch bBar. As I said, drag
the script file you create, Show Desktop.scf to the Quick Launch Bar.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Ken Blake said:
John said:
While playing around changing some icons, I managed to lose the show
desktop icon and its file association. Can anybody tell me how to
get it back.TIA
Click to expand...


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.
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I have a similar problem. When I right click on the desktop and choose
arrange icons by, I do not know the option any more of choosing show icons on
desktop. Even though I have the show desktop option on my taskbar, I cannot
activate the icons from under arrange icons by.
thanks.
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Ken Blake said:
OWL said:
i downloaded the script and ran it and still no Show Desktop icon on
the quicklaunch bar it simply does NOTHING
Click to expand...


Running the script doesn't put it on the Quick Launch bBar. As I said, drag
the script file you create, Show Desktop.scf to the Quick Launch Bar.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Ken Blake said:
John Hurdle wrote:

While playing around changing some icons, I managed to lose the show
desktop icon and its file association. Can anybody tell me how to
get it back.TIA


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.
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Meta-post: I clicked on "Yes, I found this post helpful", whereupn I saw "0
out of 1 people found this post helpful." So I clicked "Yes" again, and
still "0 out of 1 people...". Oh yeah! Well I found this post helpful, and
that's now 2 out of 1 people. Thanks, Ken!
Bob


Ken Blake said:
John said:
While playing around changing some icons, I managed to lose the show
desktop icon and its file association. Can anybody tell me how to get
it back.TIA
Click to expand...


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.
Click to expand...
 
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