Ever delete the Show Desktop icon from Quick Launch? One of my favorite features of Windows, it is a big part of my everyday use of the OS. So when I accidentally deleted it I had to figure out how to get it back. And it wasn’t nearly as easy as I would have thought (in my case) as I had deleted the actual scf file. To recreate that file was a bit complicated. So I wanted to document my steps. First, create a new file called Show Desktop.scf. Then open the file in your favorite text editor and paste in these contents:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
Save the Show Desktop.scf and then drag it to the Quick Launch bar. You are now off to the races. You can also use this script to create an icon and pin it somewhere in Windows 7; pretty useful if you miss Show Desktop… Now that I’ve gotten to this point, why stop?How might we do the same thing in Mac OS X? Stay tuned…