How to get that Desktop shortcut thing.

[squance]

Hey...

I want a shortcut thing (on the lower left near that start button) that in such when i click on it, it automatically goes to my desktop.
Im sick of minimising all of my windows just to get to the desktop.

Oh yeah. I have Windows XP.


Can anyone please help me?

[Flaming_Arrow]

do u already have the bar there?

[excal]

A quicker way than the button is to press Start+D (D is for Desktop!).

Do you have the Quick Launch (as in, launch icons next to the Start button)? If so, open up notepad and type this in:

Code: [Select]

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

Save this file as 'desktop.scf'. To add it to your quick launch bar, copy/move it to this location: C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\

You may need to reboot Explorer (i.e., your computer) for it to work. I'm not sure how the Quick Launch grabs links from this folder.

If you don't have Quick Launch enabled, right click on some empty space in the task bar (that is, the bottom bar) and select Properties. Then, make sure 'Show Quick Launch' is checked.

[squance]

Yep I got it to work. Yeah that quick launch thing worked

Thank You!

[nak]

or you can just press "windows+m"

[excal]

Windows+D is a bit more intuitive IMHO.