Sunday, March 6, 2011

Restore Show Desktop on taskbar

It's a common issue when you are dealing with spyware or other software unistallation on Windows XP your favorite Show Desktop icon to disappear from taskbar. Here is one relatively simple way how you can restore this useful icon:

  • Create file named: Show Desktop.scf
  • Open notepad and paste this content:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
  • Save the file
  • Go to C:\Documents and Settings\your_username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
  • Paste the file there.

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