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Are you the one of the many of us that accidently deleted Show Desktop icon from Quick Launch bar and wondering how can you get that Show Desktop command back? If you are one of those, then you are lucky because I am going to show you how you can create your beloved Show Desktop back.

Creating New Show Desktop Icon from Scratch

1. Open a new instance of Windows Notepad. Start –> All programs –> Accessories –> Notepad or type Notepad from run box.
2. Copy and paste code below into your Notepad

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

3. From Notepad file menu, select save and give Show Desktop.scf as the filename.
4. You can choose wherever you want to save but I recommended you to safe on desktop so it is easier for you to execute next step.
5. Drag and drop your newly created Show Desktop.scf icon into the Quick Launch bar or alternatively you can copy and paste into it.

Done! You just recover your deleted Show Desktop icon.

Another Method of Creating Show Desktop Icon

This method that I am going to show you is much simpler than the previous one and will produce exactly the result. Let’s get started.

1. Click on start button and click Run
2. Type regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll and hit Enter.
3. Wait until message box shown below appear and click ok.
4. We are done here! Congratulation!

Alternatively, you do the step above from windows command line utility; CMD. Just type the code, hit enter and wait for the confirmation box.

That’s all, we have successfully learn two method of restoring deleted Show Desktop icon. I hope someone learn something from this