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Have you accidentally deleted the "Show the desktop" icon on your taskbar? No worries. There is an easy way to bring back the icon.

• Step 1:
  Open notepad and copy the following
  
  [Shell]
  Command=2
  IconFile=explorer.exe,3
  [Taskbar]
  Command=ToggleDesktop
  
  and save it as "Show Desktop.scf"

  (OR)

  Download the file here. We've already done it for you.

• Step 2:
  Now you have to open the quick launch folder to place this icon. You can right-click on some empty space in the Quick Launch bar and select "Open Folder"

  (OR)

  Press Ctrl+R (to open the run dialog) and copy the following into and press enter
  
  %userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
  
  This will take you to the "Quick Launch" folder.

• Step 3:
  Copy the file to this folder. And now you can see the icon on your Quick Launchbar.

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