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January 20, 2010
'Show Dekstop' Icon Missing From Taskbar
I dunno where it ran off to, but for some reason the 'Show Desktop' icon went missing from my taskbar. Normally, I use Windows-M, but that doesn't always work. So I followed these directions to restore it.
1. Open Notepad and either type in or paste in the five command lines:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
The text needs to be exactly as shown - except that the capital letters are optional. If you are using Vista, and prefer to have Vista's new icon design, change the middle line of text, after pasting it into Notepad, to read...
IconFile=shell32.dll,34
2. Save the Notepad file to your desktop as Show Desktop.scf. To do so, click File > Save As... > at 'Save in', choose Desktop > at 'File name', type in Show Desktop.scf * > at 'Save as type', choose 'All Files (*.*)' > Save > close Notepad.
* The file has to be named exactly as shown, including the white space and the capital letters. This is because the name part (extension excluded) also serves as the hover label (tool tip) for the new icon.
3. After step 2, you will have acquired an icon on your desktop, the same as or similar to the example in Fig 1 right. Using the right-hand mouse button, drag the icon over the Quick Launch bar, release the mouse button only when you see the insertion bar and, at the pop-up menu, left-click on Move Here. If you have trouble moving the icon see tip 1 in the RH column. Finally, use the left mouse button to drag the icon so it is next to the Start button, and that's it, finished.
Posted by Rob Kiser on January 20, 2010 at 11:54 AM
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