Quick Launch / Service tray issue

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How do I get my 'Show desktop' button back into my quick
launch toolbar down in my taskbar? I did a serarch for it
in Win2000 help and all it tells me is that it is a
default button that always appears there, but not how to
restore it if it gets lost.

Also, how do I move the Quick Launch tool bar down in the
taskbar to move back over to my left near the Start Button
instead of to the right where the service tray icons and
the clock appears? Everytime I try to drag it using the
mouse and the control button, it keeps popping back over
to the right while the IExplorer page that I'm open to,
keeps appearing on my left.
 
Create a file named "Show Desktop.scf" in
\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch
paste this text in the file and save it.

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

One way is to delete the user profile. When the user next logs on a new
profile will be created from an image in default user.
 
GT said:
Also, how do I move the Quick Launch tool bar down in the
taskbar to move back over to my left near the Start Button
instead of to the right where the service tray icons and
the clock appears? Everytime I try to drag it using the
mouse and the control button, it keeps popping back over
to the right while the IExplorer page that I'm open to,
keeps appearing on my left.
Click to expand...

Close all open windows so there's nothing on the Task Bar. Then drag the
Quick Lauch bar to the left.
 
Didn't work. All it did was create a file folder down in
my service tray and when I click on it, it just takes me
back to the text document containing the script you had me
paste into it, written below. It does not take me back to
the desktop.

I just want to get the desktop icon back. It's a little
square with what looks like a small script document with a
pencil on top of it at an angle. Surely it's buried
somewhere? Yes?

I've always managed to retreive desktop icons I've
accidently deleted before. How come I can't find this one?

-----Original Message-----
Create a file named "Show Desktop.scf" in
\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch
paste this text in the file and save it.

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

One way is to delete the user profile. When the user next logs on a new
profile will be created from an image in default user.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

GT said:
How do I get my 'Show desktop' button back into my quick
launch toolbar down in my taskbar? I did a serarch for it
in Win2000 help and all it tells me is that it is a
default button that always appears there, but not how to
restore it if it gets lost.

Also, how do I move the Quick Launch tool bar down in the
taskbar to move back over to my left near the Start Button
instead of to the right where the service tray icons and
the clock appears? Everytime I try to drag it using the
mouse and the control button, it keeps popping back over
to the right while the IExplorer page that I'm open to,
keeps appearing on my left.
Click to expand...


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Click to expand...
 
1.) Explorer|Tools|Folder Options|View and uncheck the box for "Hide
extensions for known file types" (then you'll see the file you just created
is now named "show desktop.scf.txt")

2.) Open notepad.exe.
3.) Paste in;
---------------
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
 
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