How to: Bring back the "Show the desktop" icon on your Quick Launch bar

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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