Taskbar "Click to go to Desktop" Button missing

[casey.o]

In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small monitor on this
laptop. Anyhow, that button is not showing on the bottom taskbar. How
do I put it there? I looked in Settings/Taskbar. Cant find it in
there, unless I'm missing something, or it's called soem weird name.
Thanks.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small monitor on this
laptop. Anyhow, that button is not showing on the bottom taskbar. How
do I put it there? I looked in Settings/Taskbar. Cant find it in
there, unless I'm missing something, or it's called soem weird name.

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 the same thing with a keyboard shortcut
rather than a shortcut on the Quick Launch bar: the combination of the
Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

 

[JT]

Casey,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190355

JT

 

[Zilbandy]

Or just click on this link:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

It seems to me that Kellys-Korner is not the same as it was couple of
years ago, plus I'm getting redirected to crap sites when I click on
the link. I'll try on another computer when my son gets home. Any else
have a problem with that link?

 

[Bruce Hagen]

In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small monitor on this
laptop. Anyhow, that button is not showing on the bottom taskbar. How
do I put it there? I looked in Settings/Taskbar. Cant find it in
there, unless I'm missing something, or it's called soem weird name.
Thanks.

How to re-create the Show Desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar in XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190355

 

[Paul in Houston TX]

It seems to me that Kellys-Korner is not the same as it was couple of
years ago, plus I'm getting redirected to crap sites when I click on
the link. I'll try on another computer when my son gets home. Any else
have a problem with that link?

Yea, it's borked for me.
It changed a while back, don't remember exactly when though.
Both IE8 and SM1119 are blocking popups from that site.
IE8 shows a blank screen. SM1119 shows a few words.
I'm not going to unblock to see what happens.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, "Ken Blake,

Also note that you can do the same thing with a keyboard shortcut
rather than a shortcut on the Quick Launch bar: the combination of the
Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

Yes, M for minimise [everything] and D for desktop, if those help you
remember them. (Keyboard shortcuts are usually quicker than mouse
actions for me as I don't have to position the mouse, but I realise
others' MMV.) Win-D is a toggle - i. e. repeating it brings all the
windows back as they were - though you don't need to do much in between
to prevent it working; Win-M isn't (AFAIK).

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

It seems to me that Kellys-Korner is not the same as it was couple of
years ago, plus I'm getting redirected to crap sites when I click on
the link. I'll try on another computer when my son gets home. Any else
have a problem with that link?

I just tried going there, and I got redirected too. And I belong to a
listserv that Kelly is (or at least was) a member of, and it's a while
since I've heard anything from her. So I don't know what's up with her
or with her site.

 

[~BD~]

I just tried going there, and I got redirected too. And I belong to a
listserv that Kelly is (or at least was) a member of, and it's a while
since I've heard anything from her. So I don't know what's up with her
or with her site.

There's a link to her site here (still) http://www.aumha.org/support.php

Peter Foldes once said that the Hurricane Katrina devastated her life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

 

[Zilbandy]

There's a link to her site here (still) http://www.aumha.org/support.php

That link redirects, too.

 

[Zo]

After serious thinking Zilbandy wrote :

That link redirects, too.

No! that link redirects to nowhere. The site is now defunct and can
only be reached through the Wayback Machine Archive.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

I just tried the link and it still works. Click on anyone of the Jan
highlighted dates.

 

[Motor T]

After serious thinking Zilbandy wrote :

No! that link redirects to nowhere. The site is now defunct and can
only be reached through the Wayback Machine Archive.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

I just tried the link and it still works. Click on anyone of the Jan
highlighted dates.

Thanks for posting this

 

[PaulM]

"~BD~" wrote in message

There's a link to her site here (still) http://www.aumha.org/support.php

Peter Foldes once said that the Hurricane Katrina devastated her life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

Go here: http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=38 and download
and run this VBScript to restore the desktop.