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.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Troubleshooting, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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Matt
Thank you! Fast simple - I have been missing it for several months! Most fixes are 25% at best and take a reboot, uninstall etc...
rfs
works fine now thanks
Jeff Golden
Thank you!!!
eke
TX, it's working
and i'd like to add this
substitute line:
IconFile=C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,34
as option for Method1 will get you desktop Icon as in Vista/Win7
caulizz
Method 2 work for me. No need to restart the system. Just disable and enable Quick Launch work. Thanks.