The Show desktop icon is missing from your Quick Launch toolbar in Windows XP, but you want to use this icon to show the desktop or show open windows.
To re-create the Show desktop icon, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type notepad in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Copy and then paste the following text into the Notepad window:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
3. On the File menu, click Save As, and then save the file to your desktop as “Show desktop.scf”. The Show desktop icon is created on your desktop.
4. Click and then drag the Show desktop icon to your Quick Launch toolbar.
Additional note:
The Quick Launch toolbar uses the files in the following folder:
%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
