I somehow managed to delete the “Show Desktop” icon from my Windows Quick Launch bar while I was configuring my new computer. I usually try to only keep six icons in the quick launch bar, and the show desktop icon is one of them.
I was hoping for an easy way to put the icon back, but I could not find an easy way to do it, so I resorted to trolling through some forums to find out how to do it. This is what I found out to restore the show desktop icon in the windows quick launch toolbar.
1. Create a text file with the following content:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
2. Save it to your “Quick Launch” folder with the name “Show Desktop.scf”.
After doing that I now have my favourite six icons in the Windows Quick Launch Toolbar again.
Source: Lost Desktop Quick Launch
Thanks for the info. I have been searching endlessly for this info. You da man.
The other quick way to get to your desktop is to hold the windows start button on your keyboard and press ‘M’ at the same time – this is a great time saver!!