How to add a show desktop icon to the Quick Launch toolbar in the taskbar

1. Open Notepad and type the following text. (or copy and paste it)

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

2. Save the text you typed as file name Show Desktop.scf to your desktop.

3. Now the show desktop icon will be on your desktop and you can drag it to the quick launch toolbar.

Applies to Windows XP and Windows Vista