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Jamescracker, on Monday 10 March 2008 à 10:59:15

Hello,
I can't figure out how to put the "show desktop" button on my tool bar.
Microsoft page: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Wi...
recommended the following, but IT DIDN'T WORK.

If you can't see the Show Desktop icon, try displaying more of the Quick Launch toolbar by clicking the double chevron icon Picture of double chevrons on the Quick Launch toolbar. If that doesn't work, you might need to add the Quick Launch toolbar by right-clicking an empty area on the taskbar, pointing to Toolbars, and then clicking Quick Launch so that it has a check mark next to it.

Please help me put a show desktop button on my toolbar.

Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0

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Tracynet, on Monday 10 March 2008 à 15:51:43

How to Create a Show Desktop Shortcut in Vista

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yogui7, on Wednesday 12 March 2008 à 18:58:55

i had a problem like this a long time ago.. i think i found a shortcut in Application data.. try it.. C:\Documents and Settings\UR_COMPUTER_Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch ....its a hidden file

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kelly, on Wednesday 16 April 2008 à 15:20:00

thank you thank you thank you... worked perfectly!

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caity, on Tuesday 26 August 2008 à 22:45:07

where do you type that thing in?

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ziggy7, on Saturday 15 March 2008 à 19:00:19

Yes. In application data u have the "show desktop" path......... but now it depends if u've deleted it or simply the shortcut... If its the shortcut ur lucky koz i dont kno wat to do if u deleted the original file.

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eswar, on Wednesday 26 March 2008 à 10:27:49

Hello James,

First, open Notepad and then enter in the text below exactly as shown.

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

then save as show desktop.scf, save type is all fles....on your desktop

it will be done.......

If you want to put the icon back in the Quick Launch toolbar, cut the icon and paste it (don’t drag and drop it because that will only create a shortcut) into this path:

If you use XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

If you use Vista: C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

thanks
eswar reddy

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Mini, on Friday 18 April 2008 à 05:36:40

Hey eswar...it was really helpful..thanks buddy..

I was facing this problem since last 2 months.
Thanks....

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eswar, on Friday 18 April 2008 à 14:34:20

np....shoot me if u have any other queries on a.munieswar@gmail.com

tks
eswar reddy

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adchick, on Thursday 1 May 2008 à 18:10:19

OMG - that was brilliant - it works - thank you thank you sooo sooo much!

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HenkK, on Sunday 18 May 2008 à 09:53:44

Thanks very much Eswar.
Creating the sfc-file with Notepad, was the part I missed to get the Icon to function again.
Thanks very much, you have helped me a lot!

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G-Man, on Wednesday 21 May 2008 à 14:59:19

Brilliant. Thank you,

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adi, on Sunday 8 June 2008 à 17:14:21

thank you for your clear indications.

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nige, on Tuesday 17 June 2008 à 09:19:05

genius

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shamalah, on Monday 11 August 2008 à 06:41:23

Thank you so much Eswar! This really helped me a lot. I was just browsing through the Internet finding for solutions and this website came about. And I am absolutely glad that i did!

Thank you again!

Best Regards,
Shamalah

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Sharath, on Saturday 16 August 2008 à 08:53:01

Thanks Eswar... the solution works!!!!!

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noname, on Friday 29 August 2008 à 22:48:11

My laptop only shows the screensaver. No start buttons, etc. along the bottom of the screen. Is there anything I can do? When I clik "Control+alt+delete" it takes me to Windows Task Manager mini screen. That's all. I can find programs through this and work on them. But can't get access to the internet, check email, or show the normal screen.

Anything you could do will help!

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Rajeev, on Wednesday 3 September 2008 à 09:17:38

super cool method.... thanks a ton... i ve been searching for this solution for quite some time now.... thanks again!!

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madhu, on Wednesday 10 September 2008 à 04:39:02

eshwar,

i dnt found following path in I do not have following path in my PC - Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

plz help. i am facing this problemfrom more than 3 months..

I followed ur instructions -

First, open Notepad and then enter in the text below exactly as shown.

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

then save as show desktop.scf, save type is all fles....on your desktop

it will be done.......

If you want to put the icon back in the Quick Launch toolbar, cut the icon and paste it (donâ??t drag and drop it because that will only create a shortcut) into this path:

If you use XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

If you use Vista: C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

I do not have following path in my PC - Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

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JJ, on Sunday 5 October 2008 à 03:16:01

AppData is a hidden folder make sure you turn on the show hidden folders function by going to the folder options. You can access this by going to any folder and pressing the alt function and then picking tools. There you choose folder options and then go to view. You should see something that says Hidden Files and Folders. Then click on the show hidden files and folders options. This was written a while ago so i don't know if you still need help.

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yaju, on Friday 3 October 2008 à 17:09:03

hey thanks muni very much, once again thank u

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D, on Thursday 23 October 2008 à 21:32:02

Just wanted to say thanks for your help re the shortcut button. People like you who donate their time for the good of others are amazing and in my book HOT!

Thanks for giving without expecting anything back...so rare these days!
Dxx

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ccofop, on Monday 17 November 2008 à 15:15:42

Thank YOU so much. It worked perfectly. I accidentally found this blog which ended up being very helpful.

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soso, on Saturday 29 March 2008 à 12:40:28

i want a new tolbar

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eswar, on Friday 18 April 2008 à 14:33:09

where do u need a new toll bar? can you specift in detail.............

thanks
eswar reddy

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mrslash, on Wednesday 21 May 2008 à 16:24:43

hmm hey but hat kinda toolbar u wanna have ?

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devil_skater, on Wednesday 16 April 2008 à 19:16:19

a new toolbar where ?

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percy8, on Saturday 19 April 2008 à 19:33:38

Hello anyone here ? Where do you want to add a toolbar ?

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grannie, on Friday 2 May 2008 à 06:59:56

Hi there,
Had confliction problem with Skype and I.E. 6...suddenly happened after a year of working ok. Upon start-up, suddenly the quick launch icon has gone. Tried to follow instructions above but...I think I need the idiots guide...click on this...next do that etc. Can anyone help? I need I.E. 6 for a prog. I use and it wont work with 7 so must keep that.

Many thanks.

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eswar, on Friday 2 May 2008 à 10:00:41

Can you be more specific....

which OS (windows xp prof/home/vista) are you using?

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grannie, on Friday 2 May 2008 à 19:21:50

Hi eswar.
Thank you for getting in touch. OS is XP Home with IE6. IE shortcut is still on Desktop and I can access the web as per usual, but without the quick launch button in the task bar it is a pain to open another browser window. Hope you can help.

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eswar, on Sunday 18 May 2008 à 13:09:44

Hello Grannie....

Sorry for the delay..........

Solution:

1. Create a shortcut of IE from "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" on to your desktop

2. please change the start in path as %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% on the shortcut that was created on your dektop....

last step: cut the shortcut of IE that was created on your desktop and paste into D:\Documents and Settings\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch....

** Please select show hidden files and files (enable) on folder options...........coz the application data folder is a hidden item...

do ask me if you have any questions....

a.munieswar@gmail.com

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grannie, on Friday 23 May 2008 à 08:23:30

Hi Eswar,
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you...

I have managed to get the shortcut to iexplorer.exe on my desktop; as per your instructions. The next instruction has me flummoxed. Please can you give me the idiots version i.e. next click on this etc. Where do I go to find the start in path?

Thank you for being so patient...it must be hard for someone so computer literate to have to deal with people like me.

Grateful Grannie

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Eswar, on Friday 23 May 2008 à 12:55:07

It's ok NP....

please find below the answers for your Q?

Select the Icon (Shortcut to iexplorere.exe) on your dektop....and then right click, go to properties

you will get the properties of IE

Select Shotcut tab...next to genreal tab....

go to start in test box...delete the text there if you find other than the below

%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

Shoot me if you have any questions

mail me to a.munieswar@gmail.com.......

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pcbugfixer, on Wednesday 28 May 2008 à 11:06:17

G'Day Folks,

Fix Missing IE desktop Icon

1. Go to - http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
2. Select - 20. Restore IE Desktop Shortcut Icon Functions
2a. to download iedesktopshortcut.reg to your desktop
3. run the file
4. reboot
5. your IE original "Internet Properties" icon is resatored.

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chittaranjan, on Friday 6 June 2008 à 15:21:02

Another quick way is to use the Regsvr32 command. Go to Start> Run and type in “regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll“. This should restore the desktop icon. You will get a message “DllInstall in Shell32.dll succeeded”

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meow66, on Monday 23 June 2008 à 16:22:05

hey, can you tell me how to fix my start up tool bar

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meow66, on Monday 23 June 2008 à 16:24:39

HEY,CAN YOU HELP ME START-UP TOOLBAR

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yogui7, on Monday 23 June 2008 à 16:26:06

what type of problem are you facing with your start up toolbar ??

I need more information to be able to help.

cheeerrrzzzzzz

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Amit, on Sunday 6 July 2008 à 18:10:17

go to RUN,
type regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32
and press enter. Icon will appear.

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Veda, on Friday 26 September 2008 à 12:06:46

yeah good alternative to get back the "show desktop" icon.
but even if one performs a shift delete operation, he can get it back by browsing through the same location under administrator user and the icon can be found.

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MaxteN, on Tuesday 28 October 2008 à 16:10:39

I did what you posted, however theres a problem with my .scf extension cause I accidently overwrote it cause I didn't know windows had a .scf extension already. Anyway, if i go to "Folder Options" and create a new .scf extension, which program do I choose to run this desktop.scf file? Currently, .scf files do not have any Actions, I think thats why the desktop isn't being shown.

Thanks in Advanced!

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