Taskbar "Click to go to Desktop" Button missing

In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small monitor on this
laptop. Anyhow, that button is not showing on the bottom taskbar. How
do I put it there? I looked in Settings/Taskbar. Cant find it in
there, unless I'm missing something, or it's called soem weird name.
Thanks.

On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:11:15 -0400, wrote:

In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small monitor on this
laptop. Anyhow, that button is not showing on the bottom taskbar. How
do I put it there? I looked in Settings/Taskbar. Cant find it in
there, unless I'm missing something, or it's called soem weird name.



Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

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

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick Launch bar.

Or just click on this link:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Also note that you can do the same thing with a keyboard shortcut
rather than a shortcut on the Quick Launch bar: the combination of the
Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

Casey,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190355

JT

wrote in message
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In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small monitor on this
laptop. Anyhow, that button is not showing on the bottom taskbar. How
do I put it there? I looked in Settings/Taskbar. Cant find it in
there, unless I'm missing something, or it's called soem weird name.
Thanks.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:40:25 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

Or just click on this link:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

It seems to me that Kellys-Korner is not the same as it was couple of
years ago, plus I'm getting redirected to crap sites when I click on
the link. I'll try on another computer when my son gets home. Any else
have a problem with that link?

--
Zilbandy

wrote in message
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In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small monitor on this
laptop. Anyhow, that button is not showing on the bottom taskbar. How
do I put it there? I looked in Settings/Taskbar. Cant find it in
there, unless I'm missing something, or it's called soem weird name.
Thanks.





How to re-create the Show Desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar in XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190355

Zilbandy wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:40:25 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

Or just click on this link:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

It seems to me that Kellys-Korner is not the same as it was couple of
years ago, plus I'm getting redirected to crap sites when I click on
the link. I'll try on another computer when my son gets home. Any else
have a problem with that link?

Yea, it's borked for me.
It changed a while back, don't remember exactly when though.
Both IE8 and SM1119 are blocking popups from that site.
IE8 shows a blank screen. SM1119 shows a few words.
I'm not going to unblock to see what happens.

In message , "Ken Blake,
MVP" writes:
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Also note that you can do the same thing with a keyboard shortcut
rather than a shortcut on the Quick Launch bar: the combination of the
Windows key + D or the Windows key + M.

Yes, M for minimise [everything] and D for desktop, if those help you
remember them. (Keyboard shortcuts are usually quicker than mouse
actions for me as I don't have to position the mouse, but I realise
others' MMV.) Win-D is a toggle - i. e. repeating it brings all the
windows back as they were - though you don't need to do much in between
to prevent it working; Win-M isn't (AFAIK).
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the God who endowed me with sense,
reason, and intellect intends me to forego their use". - Gallileo Gallilei

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:03:36 -0700, Zilbandy
wrote:


On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:40:25 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

Or just click on this link:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

It seems to me that Kellys-Korner is not the same as it was couple of
years ago, plus I'm getting redirected to crap sites when I click on
the link. I'll try on another computer when my son gets home. Any else
have a problem with that link?


I just tried going there, and I got redirected too. And I belong to a
listserv that Kelly is (or at least was) a member of, and it's a while
since I've heard anything from her. So I don't know what's up with her
or with her site.

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:03:36 -0700, Zilbandy
wrote:


On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:40:25 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

Or just click on this link:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

It seems to me that Kellys-Korner is not the same as it was couple of
years ago, plus I'm getting redirected to crap sites when I click on
the link. I'll try on another computer when my son gets home. Any else
have a problem with that link?


I just tried going there, and I got redirected too. And I belong to a
listserv that Kelly is (or at least was) a member of, and it's a while
since I've heard anything from her. So I don't know what's up with her
or with her site.

There's a link to her site here (still) http://www.aumha.org/support.php

Peter Foldes once said that the Hurricane Katrina devastated her life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:27:53 +0100, ~BD~
wrote:

I just tried going there, and I got redirected too. And I belong to a
listserv that Kelly is (or at least was) a member of, and it's a while
since I've heard anything from her. So I don't know what's up with her
or with her site.

There's a link to her site here (still) http://www.aumha.org/support.php


That link redirects, too.

--
Zilbandy

After serious thinking Zilbandy wrote :
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:27:53 +0100, ~BD~
wrote:

I just tried going there, and I got redirected too. And I belong to a
listserv that Kelly is (or at least was) a member of, and it's a while
since I've heard anything from her. So I don't know what's up with her
or with her site.

There's a link to her site here (still) http://www.aumha.org/support.php


That link redirects, too.

No! that link redirects to nowhere. The site is now defunct and can
only be reached through the Wayback Machine Archive.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://.../xp_tweaks.htm

I just tried the link and it still works. Click on anyone of the Jan
highlighted dates.

--
Zo

"Experience is what you get when you were expecting something
else."

On 6/30/2014 5:23 AM, Zo wrote:
After serious thinking Zilbandy wrote :
On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:27:53 +0100, ~BD~
wrote:

I just tried going there, and I got redirected too. And I belong to a
listserv that Kelly is (or at least was) a member of, and it's a
while
since I've heard anything from her. So I don't know what's up with
her
or with her site.

There's a link to her site here (still)
http://www.aumha.org/support.php


That link redirects, too.

No! that link redirects to nowhere. The site is now defunct and can
only be reached through the Wayback Machine Archive.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://.../xp_tweaks.htm

I just tried the link and it still works. Click on anyone of the Jan
highlighted dates.


Thanks for posting this
--
Ed Mc
Nam Vet '66-'67
Semper Fi

"~BD~" wrote in message ...

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:03:36 -0700, Zilbandy
wrote:


On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:40:25 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

Or just click on this link:
Restore/Add Show Desktop to Quick Launch (Line 61)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

It seems to me that Kellys-Korner is not the same as it was couple of
years ago, plus I'm getting redirected to crap sites when I click on
the link. I'll try on another computer when my son gets home. Any else
have a problem with that link?

I just tried going there, and I got redirected too. And I belong to a
listserv that Kelly is (or at least was) a member of, and it's a while
since I've heard anything from her. So I don't know what's up with her
or with her site.

There's a link to her site here (still) http://www.aumha.org/support.php

Peter Foldes once said that the Hurricane Katrina devastated her life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

Go he http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=38 and download
and run this VBScript to restore the desktop.

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