XP: How To Restore the Show Desktop Icon

Contributed by shamanstears October 3, 2006  
Tagged: Windows networking

If the Show Desktop icon been deleted from your Quick Launch bar, it can be quickly restored by performing the following steps:

1. Open Notepad.

2. Copy and paste the following:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

3. Save the file as showdesktop.scf to your desktop.

4. Drag the created file to the Quick Launch area of the taskbar.