If you ever find yourself in a situation where you accidentally deleted the Show Desktop icon from your quick launch bar, or you had an end loser…errr…user do this, then this quick tip is for you.
If said event happened, first look in:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch.
If you have checked in there, and do not see the Show desktop icon, then you need to make one from scratch. Here is how you do it:
1) Open Notepad (Or your favorite text editor)
2) Enter the following code:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
3) Save the file as “Show Desktop.scf” minus the quotes to a safe place like your My Documents folder.
4) Drag that file to your Quick Launch bar and presto! You now have the show desktop icon back!
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I haven’t used that icon in years. Not since I figured out that pressing
WindowKey + M
does the same thing.
That’s what I teach all my users too.
Thanks Gavin! Some end users need something to click on! But I will be posting that one for our more advanced users – very helpful.
Are tips like these really necessary? I love this site, but am tired of seeing tips that can easily be found using a simple google search.
Well, if you think about it yes they are necessary. If nobody wrote these quick tips, how would you find them in Google?
First of all thanks for reading.
Bill – what type of articles would you rather see on a website geared toward helping users with computer related issues?
I’m an admin so maybe that’s why I don’t like these kind of tips as they seem so simple to me. I just think sometimes this site gets confused on whether or not it’s geared toward users or admins themselves. Over the past couple months it seems most articles are being directed more toward users so I have been checking this site with less frequency. You’re doing an awesome job with this site…I just think you should stick to one target audience, whether that be users or admins.
Hey Bill AtA started out as a site for users and it has slowly evolved into what it is today. A mix of both and about equal at that. We will be breaking it up into different feeds and categories in the coming month so you can get your admin side on from AtA and end users can still benefit from Q & A’s as well.
Hope you stick around and let me know what you want to see more of!
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