Hi Ramesh and Everyone....

Just wanted to say thanks to Ramesh for posting this very helpful quick
guide...it took me 30 secs to restore my lost "show desktop" icon and I
appreciate him posting it!!

He is aewsome!!

Amrit

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Click Start, Run and type the command regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32
> (The Show Desktop SCF file should now be available)
>
> Method 2: Manually create the Show Desktop file
> Click Start, Run, and type Notepad. Type the following contents into the
> document.
>
> [Shell]
> Command=2
> IconFile=explorer.exe,3
> [Taskbar]
> Command=ToggleDesktop
>
> Save the file as "ShowDesktop.SCF" [beware of double-extensions. Always use
> double-quotes]
> Drag the file to the QuickLaunch bar.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Franktee" <Franktee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:57D2F1A9-C6AC-4805-8E78-D7F18A533838@microsoft.com...
> > Appreciate any help getting back lost desktop icon in taskbar. No restore
> > dates in system restore. Thanks
> > Franktee
>
>

Thanks for the feedback Amrit.
I'm glad that info helped.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"Amrit Minhas" <Amrit Minhas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9F6EB18C-55C8-4028-94A0-8F306002D046@microsoft.com...
> Hi Ramesh and Everyone....
>
> Just wanted to say thanks to Ramesh for posting this very helpful quick
> guide...it took me 30 secs to restore my lost "show desktop" icon and I
> appreciate him posting it!!
>
> He is aewsome!!
>
> Amrit
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Click Start, Run and type the command regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32
>> (The Show Desktop SCF file should now be available)
>>
>> Method 2: Manually create the Show Desktop file
>> Click Start, Run, and type Notepad. Type the following contents into the
>> document.
>>
>> [Shell]
>> Command=2
>> IconFile=explorer.exe,3
>> [Taskbar]
>> Command=ToggleDesktop
>>
>> Save the file as "ShowDesktop.SCF" [beware of double-extensions. Always
>> use
>> double-quotes]
>> Drag the file to the QuickLaunch bar.
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Franktee" <Franktee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:57D2F1A9-C6AC-4805-8E78-D7F18A533838@microsoft.com...
>> > Appreciate any help getting back lost desktop icon in taskbar. No
>> > restore
>> > dates in system restore. Thanks
>> > Franktee
>>
>>