quick launch icons

[Guest]

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My "show desktop" icon disappeared from the quick launch toolbar. I have not
been able to satisfactorly bring it back. Creating a desktop shortcut only
takes me to the folder under my user's name and shows the icons and not the
desktop. This is in Service Pack 2. I have had SP2 for over a month and the
icon disappeared within the last week.

 

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Open Notepad and enter the following text:

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

Save the new file as "Show Desktop.scf" with the quotes, then drag and drop
the icon on the Quick Launch bar or whatever location you want the shortcut
to appear.

From: http://www.theeldergeek.com/restore_show_desktop_icon.htm


John,

 

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messmerdp wrote:
> My "show desktop" icon disappeared from the quick launch toolbar. I
> have not been able to satisfactorly bring it back. Creating a
> desktop shortcut only takes me to the folder under my user's name and
> shows the icons and not the desktop. This is in Service Pack 2. I
> have had SP2 for over a month and the icon disappeared within the
> last week.

The following article shows the step by step procedure for recreatinf the
Show Desktop Icon.

How to Re-create the Show Desktop Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=190355
--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

 

[kelly]

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Automated Edit:

Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61) Right hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or go to Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32
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All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP-Shell/User
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"messmerdp" <messmerdp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9AFBD685-2106-4388-AA9A-4157AEC55B39@microsoft.com...
> My "show desktop" icon disappeared from the quick launch toolbar. I have
> not
> been able to satisfactorly bring it back. Creating a desktop shortcut
> only
> takes me to the folder under my user's name and shows the icons and not
> the
> desktop. This is in Service Pack 2. I have had SP2 for over a month and
> the
> icon disappeared within the last week.

 

[Guest]

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Looks like his question was answered yesterday in another post.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize&tid=8c5882bf-92a7-44a8-bd44-9abafa6faeb4&lang=en&cr=US&p=1


John.