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Often times we delete things not know the full ramifications of our actions. The Taskbar is valued RealEstate especially when you have multiple applications. Hence, when XP was introduced you had the option to group similar taskbar buttons so your taskbar would be more organized. A user of mine decided to delete the Show Desktop icon from her Quick Launch. Thinking she would just re-create the short-cut when it was necessary again.

Now the time is necessary for her to have the icon. How does she re-create the icon? A quick search on google yield this result from Microsoft’s support page .

Manual steps to re-create the Show Desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar
The Show Desktop icon is not an ordinary program shortcut. If the icon is deleted, the procedure for re-creating the icon is not obvious. To manually re-create the Show Desktop icon, follow these steps:
1. Click Start , click Run, type notepad, and then click OK.
2. In Notepad, type the following text on individual lines:

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

3. On the File menu, click Save As, and then save the file to your desktop as Show Desktop.scf.

Note Notepad might automatically append a .txt extension to the file name. Remove this extension if present. The file name should be Show Desktop.scf.
The file must now be moved to the correct folder in the user profile to appear in the Quick Launch toolbar. To manually do this, use one of the following methods.

Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Microsoft Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch