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Just a quickie

by sunagor Mar 17, 2005 1:52AM PST

Hi Everyone

DAK where I can find the icon to put into my tool bar to allow me to call up my desk top? Thank you.

Brian

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Here's how to get it back

by TONI H Mar 17, 2005 2:37AM PST

If your Show Desktop icon has been deleted, you can recreate it by following these steps:

1 . Use any text editor (such as Notepad) to create a file containing the following lines:

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

Command=ToggleDesktop

2. Save the new file as Show Desktop.scf in the computer's Windows\System folder. Warning: Notepad may automatically append a .txt extension to the file name. If it does, edit the file name to remove this extension. These steps do not work if the file is named Show Desktop. scf.txt.

3. Quit Notepad.

4. Using Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click the Show Desktop.scf file, and then click Create Shortcut.

5. Copy the new shortcut to the appropriate folder. In Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98, copy the shortcut to this folder:

Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

6. Rename the shortcut to Desktop.

The Show Desktop icon should now be back on your Quick Launch toolbar.

TONI