How to Restore the Show Desktop Icon to Quick Launch Bar

In Notepad, type the following text on individual lines:

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

On the Filemenu, click Save As, and then save the file to your desktop as Show '”Desktop.scf” (with quotes, in order to prevent Notepad from appending .txt extension). Notepad might automatically append a TXT extension to the file name. Remove this extension if present. The file name should be Show Desktop.scf. Move this file to the Quick Launch toolbar.

Another way is to run the following command:regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32

Category: Tips, Windows