From: Rajiv K Khandelwal on
Hi,

The "Show Desktop" icon/shortcut has disappeared from the Quick Launch
folder. How do I restore it?

Thanking you in advance.

Rajiv K Khandelwal


From: Jose on
On Mar 8, 6:57 am, "Rajiv K Khandelwal" <ra...(a)vardaan.nospam.net>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The "Show Desktop" icon/shortcut has disappeared from the Quick Launch
> folder. How do I restore it?
>
> Thanking you in advance.
>
> Rajiv K Khandelwal

This ought to do it.

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

Once it is in the QL area, you can delete the new .scf file from the
desktop.
From: Ken Blake, MVP on
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:27:47 +0530, "Rajiv K Khandelwal"
<rajiv(a)vardaan.nospam.net> wrote:

> The "Show Desktop" icon/shortcut has disappeared from the Quick Launch
> folder. How do I restore it?


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.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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From: Rajiv K Khandelwal on
Thanks Jose and Ken for your replies and the advice. Even before that I
zipped the file in the QL folder of one computer and unzipped it in the one
having the problem. It has started functioning.

Rajiv K Khandelwal

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:tbgap51lerkc4fojkstjv43muu2i320m2e(a)4ax.com...
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:27:47 +0530, "Rajiv K Khandelwal"
> <rajiv(a)vardaan.nospam.net> wrote:
>
>> The "Show Desktop" icon/shortcut has disappeared from the Quick Launch
>> folder. How do I restore it?
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup


From: Jose on
On Mar 9, 6:09 am, "Rajiv K Khandelwal" <ra...(a)vardaan.nospam.net>
wrote:
> Thanks Jose and Ken for your replies and the advice. Even before that I
> zipped the file in the QL folder of one computer and unzipped it in the one
> having the problem. It has started functioning.
>
> Rajiv K Khandelwal
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in messagenews:tbgap51lerkc4fojkstjv43muu2i320m2e(a)4ax.com...
>
>
>
> > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:27:47 +0530, "Rajiv K Khandelwal"
> > <ra...(a)vardaan.nospam.net> wrote:
>
> >> The "Show Desktop" icon/shortcut has disappeared from the Quick Launch
> >> folder. How do I restore it?
>
> > 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.
>
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Good job.

There is nothing mysterious about the QL area - it is just some
regular shortcuts in a regular folder where you can browse to with
Explorer and add/modify/delete them just like anything else.
Everybody has one!

For me:

C:\Documents and Settings\Jose\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Quick Launch

The Show Desktop is a little different being a shell command file
(.SCF)
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