desktop icon disappeared in task bar

[tomsxp1]

Hello, Everyone,, I had a shortcut to my desktop ICON in the Tasbar and yesterday it suddenly disappeared! I forget how to put it back in the taskbar, can someone help me out? Tom

 

[madmatt]

right click on your taskbar
toolbars menu
check any item you want to appear, or choose new toolbar.

 

[tomsxp1]

right click on your taskbar
toolbars menu
check any item you want to appear, I selected Desktop and closed out the drop down menu, but nothing happened except the fact that it put a checkmark next to desktop

 

[madmatt]

a check mark?

Do you mean something like this:
Desktop >>

??

 

[tomsxp1]

No, it was more like this / you know like a check you put in a box!

 

[Grandmaster]

can u provide a screenshot? just go to your desktop and press 'Print Screen' on your keyboard.... then go to MS Paint, and then press Ctrl+V... Save the image, and attach it here.. for us to see..

 

[tomsxp1]

Thank You Guys: I found this method and it worked fine>>> To restore desktop shortcut icon back in taskbar do this>>Copy the text below to notepad, save it to your desktop as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to your quick Launch
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[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3

[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

 

[Moejoe]

Tomsxp thqanks for the help was trying to fix this problem for about a week now, your a lifesaver!

 

[Dirk Diggler.]

For anyone else, there is a much simpler method...create a shortcut with this target;

"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf"


drag it into the task bar, delete the shortcut

 

[Perris Calderon]

ohhh sorry dirk, my cookies got messed up...and the evil dirk diggler made an appearance