How to Restore “Show Desktop” Shortcut Icon in Quick Launch Toolbar?

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Most of the times most of the people make this mistake when they delete the "Show Desktop" icon from Quick Launch toolbar either accidentally or intentionally. After some time they might want to restore this useful icon which helps in minimizing all opened windows in a single go. Although you can do the same thing using keyboard shortcut key "Win+D" or "Win+M".

So in this tutorial, we'll tell you 2 ways to restore "Show Desktop" icon in Quick Launch toolbar:

METHOD 1:

1. Paste following code in Notepad and save the file with name "Show Desktop.scf" (including quotes):

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

2. Now you have to copy this new file and paste in "Quick Launch" toolbar. You can do it in 2 ways:

a. Drag-n-drop the new file to Quick Launch toolbar.

b. Type "%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open Quick Launch folder. Paste the file in this folder.

METHOD 2:

1. Open RUN dialog box and provide following command:

regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll

2. It'll restore the Show Desktop icon in Quick Launch toolbar. You might need to restart your system to take effect.

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Tayyab

nice one .. love it
thanx
logan

hey vishal this works in widows 7 on that quick launch restore for windows 7 works great
sakthivel

i want the windows xp key board short cuts ,and i improve my self knowledge please tell me sir ,last time i ask this same question and dont have it the result
sana

hey thnks so much !!!
fsdfdf

It works thanx a ton
janice

THANKS so much!!!!!
John

It works very well. Thanks for solving this small but frustrating mystery.
I. dontcare

Thanks a bunch. I can finally get this pain in the azz client off my back
Kre Alkalyn

Awesome! I’ve been trying to do this for over a year. I finally have the full taskbar back, and I don’t have to be so stingy about adding new items to Quick Launch.
Rahul

hi,

thanks this works for me.. Thanks Again

Rahul