If you accidentally delete your Show Desktop icon, or (in my case) Vista doesn't seem to display it by default, here's how you can get it back. This works in both XP and Vista (Business edition, anyway):
1. Create a plain text file called "Show Desktop.scf" and paste the following text into the file:
2. Drag that text file down into the Quick Launch area of your taskbar. (If the Quick Launch area isn't available, right-click on an open space on your taskbar and choose Toolbars - Quick Launch).[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
Voila. Show Desktop icon appears. If only the icon wasn't so ugly in Vista. They don't seem to have updated it since XP.
4 comments:
Thanks, I've been wondering about that for a while. The machine I use at work lacks that handy button for minimising all windows.
Very helpful. Thanks very much!
Great post...any idea how to set up a hotkey combo for that button? Like ALT+Tab, except to just drop to the desktop?
Excellent advice! That worked for me (Vista Premium).
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