Accidentally Deleted My Show Desktop Icon

Submitted by Aaron Longwell on Fri, 2006-08-25 13:22.

I accidentally deleted my "Show Desktop" shortcut icon today. I guess it's one of those features I took for granted, because I sure missed it once it was gone. After a little digging on another computer, I've figured out how to restore it.

Step One:

Create a text file with the following contents:

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

Step Two:

Save that file as "Show Desktop.scf" and place it in your Quick Launch folder (%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch). %USERPROFILE%, by the way is shorthand for your user profile directory, which is usually something like c:\Documents and Settings\username.

Thanks very much. A lot of

Submitted by Rich (not verified) on Fri, 2007-05-25 19:18.

Thanks very much. A lot of people have been getting this problem lately with Flip 3D too. At least now i know if anything happens to my icons i can easily bring them back!

Could you help me. Here's to

Submitted by Adila (not verified) on Wed, 2009-05-27 11:43.

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I LOVE YOU!!!! in a totally

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2007-06-28 22:01.

I LOVE YOU!!!! in a totally non gay brotherly way of course. This is awesome.

good fix man.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2008-02-06 00:13.

good fix man.

It restored it but it

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2008-02-19 23:47.

It restored it but it doesn't work. could this be because I emptied my recycle bin?

nice, i would have never

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2008-03-14 20:04.

nice, i would have never figured this out

MANY MANY MANY

Submitted by Chuches (not verified) on Sat, 2008-03-15 09:44.

MANY MANY MANY THANKS.....you are the greatest....!!!!!!! :-)

thanks a lot

Submitted by mohammad from iran (not verified) on Mon, 2008-06-30 00:54.

thanks a lot

Thanks so much for this!

Submitted by Jason (not verified) on Fri, 2008-09-26 10:11.

Thanks so much for this! excellent post :)

Thanks a lot.. your a legend

Submitted by Tom (not verified) on Fri, 2008-10-17 02:19.

Thanks a lot.. your a legend mate.. i also love you, in a none gay way :D

haha f u

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2008-10-28 15:40.

haha f u

Greeting. If you aren't

Submitted by Troy (not verified) on Thu, 2009-05-28 04:53.

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Thank you Thank you Thank

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2008-12-02 15:06.

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

hey this has a problem i am

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2009-02-19 22:32.

hey this has a problem i am not able to get desktop icon though it opens the desktop instead i get my computer icon.. i tried changing but nothing came out of that.. can u help??

awee dude! thanks so much :)

Submitted by Alainite (not verified) on Wed, 2009-04-01 13:01.

awee dude!

thanks so much :)

You're a star :) for the

Submitted by jM (not verified) on Fri, 2009-05-08 12:53.

You're a star :)
for the first time, the first answer on my google search worked to perfection.
thank you for making my super-shitty day, not so shitty after all :)

YAY! It worked! :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2009-05-14 07:04.

YAY! It worked! :)

Thank you özel ders Thank

Submitted by ruhum (not verified) on Mon, 2009-06-29 10:14.

Thank you özel ders Thank you Thank you!!!

wow, very good. i was like

Submitted by Tom Wilkinson (not verified) on Wed, 2009-07-15 09:28.

wow, very good.

i was like 'hmm, how odd' at first then i did it and it worked... thanks alot

Thanks so much, you saved me

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2009-08-27 22:59.

Thanks so much, you saved me the hassle of explaining to a support engineer that it's not necessary to rebuild my laptop over something so trivial!

I've done this before, and

Submitted by Chris @ Gaming Weapons (not verified) on Tue, 2009-11-10 10:10.

I've done this before, and it makes you realise just how much you use that little icon. A useful tip, thanks.

Your my hero, I've been

Submitted by alf (not verified) on Sat, 2009-11-21 14:29.

Your my hero, I've been trying to figure out how to do that for months now. cheers

Thanks a lot dude

Submitted by Alireza (not verified) on Thu, 2010-01-28 14:10.

Thanks a lot dude

I though i'd lost this

Submitted by Steve (not verified) on Thu, 2010-02-04 02:47.

I though i'd lost this forever !!!! you are the man !

Thanks Bother

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2010-02-07 04:29.

Thanks Bother

Thanks a lot!!!!! Thought

Submitted by raf_c (not verified) on Mon, 2010-02-08 05:37.

Thanks a lot!!!!! Thought I'd lost it for good.

thanks so much : )

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2010-02-19 20:24.

thanks so much : )

Thank you thank you THANK

Submitted by Ellie (not verified) on Mon, 2010-04-19 14:57.

Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!! :D

Thank you so much!!! I

Submitted by Sarah H (not verified) on Thu, 2010-06-10 06:03.

Thank you so much!!! I thought I'd never get this back! You are awesome.

By the way - I didn't have

Submitted by Sarah H (not verified) on Thu, 2010-06-10 06:07.

By the way - I didn't have to save mine in my user profile to the quick launch folder (the security settings on my office computer wouldn't let me view/open those folders). I saved it directly to my desktop and then dragged it to the quick launch bar. Both icons work great!

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