Minimize all desktop windows

[Tom_0127]

HELP! I used to have an icon on my quick-launch taskbar which minimized all
active windows for me. But the icon seems to have disappeared. Is there a
Microsoft utility of command that will do this for me? Thanks.

 

[Nepatsfan]

HELP! I used to have an icon on my quick-launch taskbar which minimized all active
windows for me. But the icon seems to have disappeared. Is there a Microsoft utility
of command that will do this for me? Thanks.

Take your pick.

Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
Restore the Show Desktop icon to Quick Launch bar
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ShowDesktop.htm

Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
Restore Missing Show Desktop Icon to Quick Launch v1.1
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_showdesktop.htm

Courtesy of Microsoft
How to re-create the Show Desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190355

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

HELP! I used to have an icon on my quick-launch taskbar which minimized all
active windows for me. But the icon seems to have disappeared. Is there a
Microsoft utility of command that will do this for me? 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 accomplish the same thing as the icon does
with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of the Windows key + D or
the Windows key + M.

 

[Tom_0127]

Thanks. That did it.

Take your pick.

Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
Restore the Show Desktop icon to Quick Launch bar
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ShowDesktop.htm

Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
Restore Missing Show Desktop Icon to Quick Launch v1.1
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_showdesktop.htm

Courtesy of Microsoft
How to re-create the Show Desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190355

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Nepatsfan]

You're welcome. Thanks for taking the time to let us know your problem is fixed.

Nepatsfan

 

[M.I.5¾]

HELP! I used to have an icon on my quick-launch taskbar which minimized
all active windows for me. But the icon seems to have disappeared. Is
there a Microsoft utility of command that will do this for me? Thanks.

Note also that pressing Windows key + D achieves the same thing.