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Let's learn how to restore a missing "Show Desktop" Icon. The little icon that appears in your Quick Launch toolbar (don't know what a "Quick Launch" tool bar is? Click here .) that lets you instantly access your desktop, no matter how many Windows you have open (and if you remember from Issue #58, if you click it again the windows you had open are right back where they were). If you're using Windows XP and don't see your QuickLaunch Toolbar (for some reason it's not enabled by default) right click on an empty area of your taskbar (bottom of your screen normally) and select "Toolbars". Find Quick Launch and select it. You can resize your Quick Launch Toolbar by using your mouse. This is for users of Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP . Select "Start", "Find", "Files or Folders" or "Start", "Search", "For Files or Folders". In the "Named" box, type "Show Desktop.scf" (including the quotation marks). Specify "Local Hard Drives" in the "Look In " field. Click "Find Now", and hopefully the "Find" utility will locate a copy of this file. When it does, drag the file from the "Find" window to the Quick Launch bar to place a Show Desktop icon there! If your search turns up empty...keep reading! Use Notepad (or any text editor) to create a file with the following lines:
Those lines must be typed exactly as you see them. The spacing, punctuation, and capitalization is very important. Save the new file as . Then choose "File", "Save As" "Show Desktop.scf" (be sure to add the quotation marks to prevent Notepad from adding its default "TXT" extension), and save it in the folder where Quick Launch items are stored. To find this folder, right-click an empty area of the Quick Launch toolbar and choose "Open". If you have trouble finding the Quick Launch folder you can save the "Show Desktop.scf" file on your desktop. You can then drag it to your Quick Launch toolbar. If you have a Windows keyboard, you can also use your Windows Key + D to show your desktop (hitting Windows Key + D again restores the windows that were open). We hope you enjoyed this Information Avenue "How To" feature! Information Avenue Home Page | Information Avenue Archives | Subscribe To Information Avenue | Close this window. All content is copyright ©2004 by Cloudeight Internet (all rights reserved) Questions or comments? |
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