Show Desktop icon

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Michael J. Doyle wrote:
> My quick launch bar is visible, but no show desktop icon
> appears. It shows up as a menu item when I right mouse
> button click on the toolbar, but no icon.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Michael J. Doyle wrote:
>>> I am new to XP Pro. I am used to having the show desktop
>>> icon on my quick launch toolbar and used it often. I
>>> can't find in on XP Pro. Is it available? If so, where.
>>
>> It should be on your quick launch bar, which is turned off by
>> default. To turn on the quicklaunch bar right click on the Taskbar,
>> select Toolbars and make sure Quick Launch has a check next to it.
>> The show desktop icon is one of the defaults that should already be
>> there. --
>> Tom Porterfield
>> MS-MVP MCE
>> http://support.telop.org
>>
>> Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>>
>> .

Follow this path. Find the icon and drag it to your quicklaunch toolbar.
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_NAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

My quick launch bar is visible, but no show desktop icon
appears. It shows up as a menu item when I right mouse
button click on the toolbar, but no icon.
>-----Original Message-----
>Michael J. Doyle wrote:
>> I am new to XP Pro. I am used to having the show
desktop
>> icon on my quick launch toolbar and used it often. I
>> can't find in on XP Pro. Is it available? If so, where.
>
>It should be on your quick launch bar, which is turned
off by default. To
>turn on the quicklaunch bar right click on the Taskbar,
select Toolbars and
>make sure Quick Launch has a check next to it. The show
desktop icon is one
>of the defaults that should already be there.
>--
>Tom Porterfield
>MS-MVP MCE
>http://support.telop.org
>
>Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>
>.
>