How to manually restore Show Desktop icon

Show Desktop icon“Show desktop” icon is used for quick desktop access. But sometimes it just disappears or it gets accidentally deleted.

Question is: How do I restore “Show Desktop” icon?

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How do I restore “Show Desktop” icon?

1. Start Notepad or any other text editor

2. Type the following text

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

3. Save file to your Desktop as “Show Desktop.scf”

4. Drag created icon from your Desktop to the Quick Launch toolbar

Or just download Show Desktop.scf (right click on the link and select “Save target as”) from our server and save it to your Desktop, then drag it to the Quick Launch toolbar.

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  1. Show Desktop Icon

    I have the Show Desktop Icon in the Task Bar in Win XP, But the program does not work. When I clck on the Show Desktop Icon it “blinks” but the open windows do not disappear to reval the desktop . How do I enabe the Show Desktop Program associated with this icon? (Evidently, something in the registry must have been deleted when I ran various “registry Cleaners”. Please advise. Thank you

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