"Lost" Show Desktop Icon

From: Ben Personick (bpersonick_at_pragmatix.com)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 07:25:35 -0700

Not entirely sure this is what you want, but to make the
defualt profile contain the desklink icon, go into one of
the existing profiles that still has it and copy it to the
quick launch folder, or if it's only for a specific user
copy it to that user instead.

furthermore show desktop is NOT a link, it's a script.

your administrator's profile will have the file here:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\show desktop

copy the file to here for a specific user:

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

or to here to include it in the default profile:

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

as far as I am aware you can't put it in "All Users" and
expect it to work.

hope that helps.

Ben
>-----Original Message-----
>Am running XP Home Edition. Some how in customizing
Windows Icons, I've
>lost, corrupted, or change the Show Desktop Icon for
Quick Launch. I have
>that is part of an IconPackager by Stardock. I have to
manually apply it
>every time. I have accidentally replace the DESKLINK file
with another. How
>do I restore both without having to run Repair XP from
the installation
>disk? Kelly sent me a vbs file for the Show Desktop icon
and it's in the
>system32 folder but how do I link it so it will load when
I apply the XP
>default icons? Please pardon the file attachments.
Hopefully you can see
>what I'm talking about. Thx!
>Barb aka SpicyGirl
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