Show Desktop Icon in '98

Shred · 08-01-2002 3:36pm #1

Just a quick question that i figured one of you fine people might be able to help me with

My girlfirend's Pc is running Win/98 (second edition) and she has no 'show desktop' icon on the quick launch bar. I was running the same O/S myself, with the same version of IE on the same make of PC (Dell dimension) and i had the icon. It's a bit of a nuisance, as every time you need to go back to the desktop you have to minimize all windows first.

It's nothing major, just something that's been bugging me for a while.

Cheers.

seamus · 08-01-2002 3:49pm

Yeah that was bugging me for a while too. If you go into your own machine and right click on the icon, and look at its properties, it's called a 'Windows Explorer Command'. If you look at the file in notepad, it should say:

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

Now I know that to make a DOS command file like this, you would put a .bat extension on it, but I don't know about a Windows command. Unless someone else tells you how to make a windoze command file, copy the shortcut to a floppy and transfer it over. Simple

Lucutus · 08-01-2002 3:50pm

Use your keyboard!

Windows Key and D

Dustaz · 08-01-2002 5:31pm

Pld SuperShortcutLuc! never knew that one

OK Lads, heres one that im not even sure exists. When i used a mac (dont slag, twas great) I could close every open window by alt clicking the close box on one of them. Any way to do this in windows?

Shred · 08-01-2002 8:26pm

That's great Seamus and Lucutus,

Thanks for your help!

ps: It's still odd that one system doesn't have the icon, even though they're both basically identical

Thanks again!

dahamsta · 08-01-2002 8:43pm

As far as I remember, it should be included in a default install of 98SE, so it was probably deleted. Just create a file as per Seamus' instructions, name it "Show Desktop.scf" and dump it into your Quick Launch folder. That should do it. If it doesn't, you've got a manky old copy of Explorer.

adam

leeroybrown · 08-01-2002 9:10pm

I generally use:

Windows Button + M

This minimises all windows.

Windows Button + Shift + M

This reopens previously unminimised windows.

Show Desktop Icon in '98

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