How to restore “show desktop”

“Show Desktop icon” appears on the task bar on the bottom left of your screen along with the other icons, in fact you can place any icon here for which you need to create the shortcut.

The task bar consists of two components, system tray which is placed in its right direction and some icons which are located adjacent the start menu. The logic behind the placement of these icons is that they can help one in an easy access of the some simple program instructions. There is no need to access the start menu every time, programs like browsers and mail messengers need to be accessed. Users want the show desktop on quick launch option s that they can see and use the icon easily.

To resolve show desktop icon problem on your system follow the steps given below: Instructions

STEP 1: Click on the “Start” tab on the bottom left of out screen and then select “Run”.

STEP 2: In the dialog box titled “Run”, type in the following command,

“regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll”.

STEP 1: Go to “START” at the bottom left of your screen and then select “Accessories”. After that, from the list select “Notepad”.

STEP 2:: when the Notepad opens then type in the following in it.

[Shell]

Command=2

IconFile=explorer.exe,3

[Taskbar]

Command=ToggleDesktop

STEP 3:Save the Notepad file as : Show Desktop.scf (The name of the notepad might automatically append a .txt extension. Remove this extension if present). Now, drag the file to the Quick Launch Toolbar. A quick launch toolbar is present on the task bar. The application is started when one clicks on its icon in the quick launch area.

Your restore show desktop problem should be resolved after following any of the above given steps.