To restore the Show Desktop in the Windows Quick Launch Toolbar one should ensure that the settings are configured to enable Show Quick Launch. Alternatively one can go to the Microsoft website, navigate to this problem and press the Fix It button.
yes. you have the ability to toggle this option in most recent operating systems
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If you are in Windows 7, you can click (on the start bar) the box on the left of it. If you are in Windows XP or lower, click the icon on the Quick Launch Bar that has a message on it stating "Show Desktop"
If you have windows vista, click on start and type 'system restore' in the search box down the bottom and click on system restore when it appears If you have xp, click on start, All programs, Accessories, System Tools and then system restore. I'm not sure about windows 7. (Any version of windows which is 98 or under will not have system restore.) Hope this helps!
Current versions of Microsoft Windows contain a Start button, Quick Launch toolbar, taskbar, button area, and the tray status area. So do various implementations of Linux distributions.
Try the link http://windowsxp.mvps.org/QLError.htmEssentially it says:When you try to enable the Quick Launch or the Desktop bar, you may get the error "Cannot create Toolbar". This might happen if the Quick Launch folder is missing in this location: %Appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch To resolve the problem, type this command from Start, Run dialog: IE4UINIT.EXE The above command creates the Quick Launch folder automatically, if it is missing in the above location. Now, try to enable the Quick Launch bar. If the problem persists, run the following command: REGSVR32 /i SHELL32.DLL Restart Windows. Click Start, Run and type the above line to see if the folder exists. In most cases, re-creating the folder helps you turn the Quick Launch bar ON. See this knowledgebase article which says for Windows 98/ME, but should also apply for Windows XP (the Quick Launch folder path will vary anyway) Error Message: Cannot Create Toolbar for " Restart Windows and enable the Quick Launch bar.
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To re-create the Show desktop icon yourself, follow these steps:Click Start, click Run, type notepad in the Open box, and then click OK.Carefully copy and then paste the following text into the Notepad window: [Shell]Command=2IconFile=explorer.exe,3[Taskbar]Command=ToggleDesktopOn 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.Click and then drag the Show desktop icon to your Quick Launch toolbar.
A .desktop file is a plaintext configuration file. What it does is basically tell the desktop environment to display an icon and to launch a program when it is clicked on. It is the Windows equivalent of a shortcut. They can be created are manually by a user, or by the installer for a program.
Hold down the cntl key and drag the icon to the quick launch bar. This will copy the icon. If you don't hold the cntl key it will move the icon to the quick launch bar.
Current versions of Microsoft Windows contain a Start button, Quick Launch toolbar, taskbar, button area, and the tray status area. So do various implementations of Linux distributions.