missing "show desktop" icon in task bar

[yluml]

PLEASE tell me how to restore the "show desktop" icon in
my task bar. I have no clue how I lost it and I'm even
more clueless about restoring it! Thanks

 

[MGGP]

It should be in the C:\Documents and Settings\your
username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\QuickLaunch folder as a file named "Show
Desktop.SCF". If it's not there, create a text file (use
notepad) and put these commands in it:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.SCF in the folder named above.

Good Luck !

 

[Jason Haynes]

Windows key + d or windows key + m can be used for the same function.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

There is certainly a fix for this problem. But, what has caused this ? Did you run any file/registry cleaners lately?

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

 

[Chuck Wilde]

In yluml wrote:
:: PLEASE tell me how to restore the "show desktop" icon in
:: my task bar. I have no clue how I lost it and I'm even
:: more clueless about restoring it! Thanks

Try this http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/ShowDesktopShortcut.exe