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Hi,

Somehow I have managed to delete the "Show Desktop" icon in the Quick
Launch bar. How do I go about getting it back?

I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate.


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//ceed

ceed wrote:
> Somehow I have managed to delete the "Show Desktop" icon in the Quick
> Launch bar. How do I go about getting it back?
>
> I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate.

Disclaimer: I've never even /seen/ a computer running any version of
vista

First I would slide the Quick Launch slider open more to see if it is
hidden by the QL bar being too small to show all the icons.

If that didn't work, I would 'R&R' remove and replace the QL toolbar.
Show desktop is a component of a normal QL bar, so I would think that if
Win/vista made a new QL bar, show desktop would be a part of it.


Yes - I go to computer stores like Fry's where computers are on display
running Vista. No - I haven't been interested to see Vista in
operation. Yes - I'm becoming curious about why Vista was chosen as one
of the 10 worst 'top ten terrible tech products' -
http://snipurl.com/1u9nt

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Mike Easter

Mike Easter wrote:

|ceed wrote:
|| Somehow I have managed to delete the "Show Desktop" icon in the
||Quick Launch bar. How do I go about getting it back?
||
|| I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate.
|
|Disclaimer: I've never even /seen/ a computer running any version of
|vista
|
|First I would slide the Quick Launch slider open more to see if it is
|hidden by the QL bar being too small to show all the icons.
|
|If that didn't work, I would 'R&R' remove and replace the QL toolbar.
|Show desktop is a component of a normal QL bar, so I would think that
|if Win/vista made a new QL bar, show desktop would be a part of it.
|
|
|Yes - I go to computer stores like Fry's where computers are on
|display running Vista. No - I haven't been interested to see Vista in
|operation. Yes - I'm becoming curious about why Vista was chosen as
|one of the 10 worst 'top ten terrible tech products' -
|http://snipurl.com/1u9nt

Thanks. It was really gone, not hidden. I did some more searching while
I was waiting for a response here and found this nifty little program:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_showdesktop.htm

It simply restores the "Show Desktop" icon. Works like a charm. I post
it here in case someone else would need to restore it.

Again, thank you for your help.

P.S. I do not understand all the complaints around Vista. It has worked
fine for me after I disabled all the silly security stuff like UAC.

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//ceed

ceed wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>
>> ceed wrote:
>>> Somehow I have managed to delete the "Show Desktop" icon in the
>>> Quick Launch bar. How do I go about getting it back?
>>>
>>> I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate.
>>
>> Disclaimer: I've never even /seen/ a computer running any version
>> of vista
>>
>> First I would slide the Quick Launch slider open more to see if it
>> is hidden by the QL bar being too small to show all the icons.
>>
>> If that didn't work, I would 'R&R' remove and replace the QL
>> toolbar. Show desktop is a component of a normal QL bar, so I
>> would think that if Win/vista made a new QL bar, show desktop
>> would be a part of it.
>>
>>
>> Yes - I go to computer stores like Fry's where computers are on
>> display running Vista. No - I haven't been interested to see
>> Vista in operation. Yes - I'm becoming curious about why Vista
>> was chosen as one of the 10 worst 'top ten terrible tech products'
>> - http://snipurl.com/1u9nt
>
> Thanks. It was really gone, not hidden. I did some more searching
> while I was waiting for a response here and found this nifty little
> program:
>
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_showdesktop.htm
>
> It simply restores the "Show Desktop" icon. Works like a charm. I
> post it here in case someone else would need to restore it.

Try the Windows key + D. If it works in Vista, do it again to restore
what was on the
desktop.


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"ceed" <> wrote in
news t:

> Mike Easter wrote:
>
>|ceed wrote:
>|| Somehow I have managed to delete the "Show Desktop" icon in the
>||Quick Launch bar. How do I go about getting it back?
>||
>|| I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate.
>|
>|Disclaimer: I've never even /seen/ a computer running any version of
>|vista
>|
>|First I would slide the Quick Launch slider open more to see if it is
>|hidden by the QL bar being too small to show all the icons.
>|
>|If that didn't work, I would 'R&R' remove and replace the QL toolbar.
>|Show desktop is a component of a normal QL bar, so I would think that
>|if Win/vista made a new QL bar, show desktop would be a part of it.
>|
>|
>|Yes - I go to computer stores like Fry's where computers are on
>|display running Vista. No - I haven't been interested to see Vista in
>|operation. Yes - I'm becoming curious about why Vista was chosen as
>|one of the 10 worst 'top ten terrible tech products' -
>|http://snipurl.com/1u9nt
>
> Thanks. It was really gone, not hidden. I did some more searching while
> I was waiting for a response here and found this nifty little program:
>
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_showdesktop.htm
>
> It simply restores the "Show Desktop" icon. Works like a charm. I post
> it here in case someone else would need to restore it.

Thanks for that. Good to know it works in Vista as well as XP.

> Again, thank you for your help.
>
> P.S. I do not understand all the complaints around Vista. It has worked
> fine for me after I disabled all the silly security stuff like UAC.

Have you tried the "Windows Mail" app yet? I would like to know what you
think of it, and why you didn't use it to post this message?

ceed wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:

>> Disclaimer: I've never even /seen/ a computer running any version of
>> vista

> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_showdesktop.htm
>
> It simply restores the "Show Desktop" icon. Works like a charm.

Apparently Doug made an .exe using Visual Basic for a show desktop.scf
file.

<snip>
Show Me the Desktop
If you accidentally delete the Show Desktop shortcut from the taskbar's
Quick Launch toolbar, here's how to restore it: In
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch,
create a new text file with the following contents:

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

Save the file as ShowDesktop.SCF. This will put the shortcut back on
your Quick Launch toolbar.
</snip>
http://www.activewin.com/tips/tips_short.shtml

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Mike Easter