need 'show desktop' icon in taskbar..
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Vistaar
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Hello kali90, the "Show desktop" icon is a default component of the Quick Launch toolbar. To add Quick Launch to the taskbar, right-click an empty area on the taskbar, point to Toolbars and click Quick Launch. Your question only becomes difficult if the icon has been deleted from Quick Launch. Please advise if that is the case.
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thank you for your response.... the Quick Launch toolbar is there... but the icon is not.. I don't see it anywhere... if I right-click on Quick Launch toolbar one of the options is "show desktop", but I want to be able to show desktop by clicking the icon for it on the Quick Launch toolbar....
thank you..
thank you..
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Vistaar
Vista Guru
Luckily for us, Brink wrote a tutorial when Vista was young: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70009-show-desktop.html. I hope it helps.
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- Intel Q6600
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- 3 GB
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- NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Yes it might be worth bookmarking this link
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/139940-tutorial-index.html
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/139940-tutorial-index.html
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Ztruker
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[DEL]Place the mouse pointer at the far right end of the Taskbar and left click. The Desktop is now completely visible. Click there again and everything goes back to the way it was before.[/DEL]
Rats, this is Vista. For some reason I thought it was the Windows 10 forums. Sorry
Rats, this is Vista. For some reason I thought it was the Windows 10 forums. Sorry
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actually I still have an issue with this....
I downloaded the icon as indicated here,
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70009-show-desktop.html
put the icon on the taskbar, didn't work.. so put it on the desktop, did the right-click and "unblock" thing... then dragged it to the taskbar... so now it works from the taskbar -- but only if the icon is also on the desktop... how can I get it to work on the taskbar without having to keep it also on the desktop?
thank you...
I downloaded the icon as indicated here,
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70009-show-desktop.html
put the icon on the taskbar, didn't work.. so put it on the desktop, did the right-click and "unblock" thing... then dragged it to the taskbar... so now it works from the taskbar -- but only if the icon is also on the desktop... how can I get it to work on the taskbar without having to keep it also on the desktop?
thank you...
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Vistaar
Vista Guru
Well I certainly agree that having a "Show Desktop" icon on the desktop would be pointless. Near the beginning of the tutorial, did you see the Tip, How to Add Show Desktop Back to Quick Launch?
Before proceeding, has the PC been restarted since the original icon went missing from Quick Launch? One of Vista's quirks is that missing icons sometimes reappear when the PC is restarted. But if the original icon was deleted and the recycle bin was emptied afterwards, then following the Tip is the only suggestion I have.
Before proceeding, has the PC been restarted since the original icon went missing from Quick Launch? One of Vista's quirks is that missing icons sometimes reappear when the PC is restarted. But if the original icon was deleted and the recycle bin was emptied afterwards, then following the Tip is the only suggestion I have.
My Computer
System One
-
- Operating System
- Vista Home Premium x86 SP2
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion Elite m9150f
- CPU
- Intel Q6600
- Memory
- 3 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT