Desktop icon Cottonmouth <noway[ at ]nohow.com> 12/30/2008 5:06:21 AM Does anyone know if there is a way to bring back the 'Desktop' icon? Win98 had it but XP seems to have dropped it. You could click on it in your tray and it would minimize everything to show just your desktop. I thought this was a handy little item and I'm going to miss it.

Re: Desktop icon "Figaro" <figaro[ at ]mailinator.com> 12/30/2008 5:38:12 AM "Cottonmouth" <noway[ at ]nohow.com> wrote in message news:Xns9B83EB5D8C157myemailemalecom[ at ]216.77.188.18... [Quoted Text] > Does anyone know if there is a way to bring back the 'Desktop' icon? Win98 > had it but XP seems to have dropped it. You could click on it in your > tray > and it would minimize everything to show just your desktop. > I thought this was a handy little item and I'm going to miss it. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190355

Re: Desktop icon Stubbo of Oz <stubbo[ at ]invalid.invalid> 12/30/2008 5:47:11 AM On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:06:21 GMT, Cottonmouth <noway[ at ]nohow.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Does anyone know if there is a way to bring back the 'Desktop' icon? Win98 >had it but XP seems to have dropped it. You could click on it in your tray >and it would minimize everything to show just your desktop. >I thought this was a handy little item and I'm going to miss it. See here:- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190355 -- ---------------- Stubbo of Oz ----------------

Re: Desktop icon "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> 12/30/2008 3:31:45 PM On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:06:21 GMT, Cottonmouth <noway[ at ]nohow.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Does anyone know if there is a way to bring back the 'Desktop' icon? Win98 > had it but XP seems to have dropped it. You could click on it in your tray > and it would minimize everything to show just your desktop. > I thought this was a handy little item and I'm going to miss it. 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 this with a keyboard shortcut: the combination of the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Re: Desktop icon Cottonmouth <noway[ at ]nohow.com> 12/30/2008 6:00:21 PM "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in news:clfkl4ldm2tkllhmkbmm17udl165096uvh[ at ]4ax.com: [Quoted Text] > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:06:21 GMT, Cottonmouth <noway[ at ]nohow.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone know if there is a way to bring back the 'Desktop' icon? >> Win98 had it but XP seems to have dropped it. You could click on it >> in your tray and it would minimize everything to show just your >> desktop. I thought this was a handy little item and I'm going to miss >> it. > > > > > Also note that you can do this with a keyboard shortcut: the > combination of the Windows key + D or the Windows key + M. > > Thanks for all the replies,guys! I believe I'll just use the Win+D. If I'd known about that I wouldn't have even whined in the first place! :D