marți, 21 aprilie 2015

Re-create "Show Desktop" Icon in Windows 8.1


I'm a rather new user of Windows 8.1, and this operating system is cracking me day by day. One of the functions i miss most of older Windows versions is the "Show Desktop" icon.
Of course it exists in the lower-right corner of the taskbar, but i miss it in my 'QuickLaunch' toolbar - just as actually i missed my QuickLaunch toolbar altogether (its default appearance is quite obscure anyway). The Quick Launch toolbar doesn't exist by default in Windows 8.1 (i believe also Win 8 and Win 7).
Luckily, Win 8.1 provides a way to create custom toolbars, and i named mine exactly 'Quick Launch' (here's how to create your personal, customized win 8 "quick launch" toolbar).
And creating a "show desktop" icon is also fairly easy.

  1. Find out the path of your toolbar folder (i've mine under C:\Users\luciancostin\Documents\QuickLaunchToolbar). If you don't know where it is - just right-click your taskbar, make sure the 'Lock the taskbar' menu item is not checked. Then right-click on an empty-area of your toolbar and select "Open Folder".
  2. Open Notepad. Go to your Start screen and type "Notepad" to find and open it. Or go to Start ->Programs->Accessories->Notepad, if you have a start menu installed.
  3. Paste these contents in your new file:
    [Shell]
    Command=2
    IconFile=explorer.exe,3
    [Taskbar]
    Command=ToggleDesktop
  4.   Save your new file in the toolbar folder (found at point 1. above), with the following name: "Show desktop.scf" - use the doublequotes too - so that Notepad does not append a default .txt extension to your file and render it useless
  5. Have fun! :) Windows (at least mine) also adds the old, nice 'Show Desktop' icon to this new button :)


* The content of the file comes directly from Microsoft - more info at this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/190355

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