Well, the gadgets aren't technically on the desktop - they aren't part of
explorer.exe. The sidebar program is separate. I know that doesn't help you,
but I thought it might help you to know that it is normal and why. I agree
with you though, when I first tried it I expected the same.
Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org
"kerry" <kerry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25704DE2-F570-4E27-BF95-82603E9A97C0@microsoft.com...
> Hey, the show desktop icon is pretty neat... I have brand new laptop and
> want
> to use the show desktop icon to quickly access my sidebar/gadgets. But
> only
> the left hand icons appear. So I moved the gadgets off the sidebar,
> closed
> it and still the gadgets don't show. Why would microsoft tease me like
> that?.. what is the point of gadgets if I can't get to them easily and
> quickly? But if I minimise everything, then the gadgets on desktop show..
> but
> then what's the point of the quick access icon...