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Question Title How to restore the Show Desktop icon to Quick Launch bar




Method 1: Manually re-create the Show Desktop icon

Click Start, Run, and type Notepad.exe.
Copy the following contents to Notepad.

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Save the file as Show Desktop.scf. Now, drag the file to the Quick Launch Toolbar. (Notepad might automatically append a .txt extension to the file name. Remove this extension if present.) The file name should be Show Desktop.scf.



Method 2: Using the Regsvr32 command

Click Start, Run and type the following command:

regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll

The Show Desktop icon file should be available now.



Method 3: Copy the file from another user account

Every user account will have a copy of Show Desktop.scf file. Search for the file named Show Desktop.scf in your computer by logging in as administrator. Copy it to your user profile path here:

%Appdata%MicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch

(Type the above path in Start, Run dialog)
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Created: 2008-01-21 10:37 AM
 
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