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Recreate the Show Desktop Shortcut
Did you know that Show Desktop is actually a script (technically
Microsoft refers to it as a Windows Explorer Command)? If
your Show Desktop item has been deleted, you can re-create
the script quite easily. Or perhaps you'd like to create a
Show Desktop item in a different folder. Simply follow these
steps:
Use Notepad to create a text file with the following contents:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
Save the file as Show Desktop.scf. (You can name it something
else if you prefer, but make sure you use the .scf file extension.)
You can save the file where you want, and then create a
shortcut on your Quick Launch toolbar.
You will also need to make sure that the SCF file extension
is set up properly in Windows. The settings should be as follows:
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