How to restore the Show Desktop icon?

If you have accidentally deleted the Show Desktop Icon from the Quick-launch Toolbar and wish to Restore it – this is what you need to do:

Start up the Notepad application by typing Notepad in the Run Dialog Box.

Type in the following text into a new Notepad text document:

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

Now Click on the File Menu and select Save As – now save the file to your desktop as Showdesktop.scf

You will now notice that the Show Desktop icon is created on your desktop.

All you have to do now is to click on it and drag and drop it into the Quicklaunch Toolbar.