How To Restore Desktop Icon In Quick Launch Bar

by Haris on September 27, 2007
in Tips and Tricks, Windows XP

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Recently a friend of mine accidentally deleted his Desktop icon in his Quick Launch bar. He used the Desktop Icon a lot. Even I use it. When there are tons of windows opened, to get free from them I use this button. It’s like the easiest Escape button for me :P . Unfortunately, there is no straight option in Windows XP. But here, I’ll tell you how to do it the other way :)

In this post, I’ll tell you how to get it back if you delete it. All you need is Notepad to get it back.

Follow the steps below and you’ll restore your lost icon back in no time.

1. Open Notepad and type the following in the text area.

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

Now save it as “Desktop Icon.SCF” (without the quotes) on your dektop. This new file will look like the Desktop Icon. Now, all you need to do is copy/paste this file in

C:Documents and SettingsusernameApplication DataMicrosoftInternet ExplorerQuick Launch

Note: username in the above location is your own User Account name. It differs on every computer.

Now open your Quick Launch bar and see. The desktop icon will be there now. Drag and drop at whatever position you want.

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  • http://www.sizlopedia.com Dj Flush

    Oh My God Haris so bloody brilliant trick :D

    I fell in a situation once where I accidently deleted my Desktop icon in quick launch bar and thought that there was no way to retrieve it

    But this is just amazing

    Thanks a lot

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  • http://technoworld.uni.cc Siddharth

    Thx for this :mrgreen: (although was knowing it previously but had a gud revision :-) )
    And from where do you get such nice pictures like the computer one,the IE one etc ??

  • http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/ Brown Baron

    Very nice. Great tip there buddy. Stumbled.

  • http://www.sizzledcore.com Haris

    @Flush: I’m glad you liked it, DJ.

    @Siddharth: For the images, I usually Google them :)

    @Brown: Thanks for the stumble :)

  • http://www.techiesden.com Vaibhav

    Hey nice tip, might come in handy, when reqd. Thanx for the information :)

  • http://www.sizzledcore.com Haris

    @Valibhav: You are welcome :)

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  • http://www.technospot.net/blogs/ Ashish Mohta

    You can just drag and drop on qicklaunch.

    I wrote a article on this in August http://www.technospot.net/blog.....indows-xp/

    Moreover You can do this in one line

    Type the following regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll.

    Ashish

  • http://www.sizzledcore.com Haris

    @Ashish: Thanks for the quick tip :)

  • Muj4h1d4

    Hey! Thanks for the top it helped a lot! :smile: I accidently deleted my desktop icon and have just restored it :mrgreen:

    Safe :wink:

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