Creating shortcut to the Desktop

That's my quandry. I'm sure it's really easy but haven;t managed to fin
a clear answer. I simply want a Desktop icon in my toolbar which wil
take me there; just like I used to have in the good old days. I hav
Outlook, media player and internet shortcut icons and they work fine
Take me back to the Desktop! Hope you can help. Thanks in advanc
Ogste

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Ogster

Ogster;877249 Wrote:
> That's my quandry. I'm sure it's really easy but haven;t managed to fin
> a clear answer. I simply want a Desktop icon in my toolbar which wil
> take me there; just like I used to have in the good old days. I hav
> Outlook, media player and internet shortcut icons and they work fine
> Take me back to the Desktop! Hope you can help. Thanks in advance Ogste

Hello Ogster

This tutorial may be able to help you. It will show you how to create
"Show Desktop" shortcut that you can place in Quick Launch or wher
ever.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...ow-desktop.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

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Brin

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Hi,

Right click an empty area of the desktop- select New>Shortcut. Clic
Browse, and in the window that pops up click on Desktop, then OK an
Next

Do you not already have a Desktop shortcut on your quick launch bar
next to the Start orb

Hope it help

SIW

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SIW2

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; How-To Geek Registry Hacks
; Add the IE Icon to the Desktop in Windows Vista

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000


You can save above as REG file then execute or just add directly to the
registry.

Pavel




"SIW2" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi,
>
> Right click an empty area of the desktop- select New>Shortcut. Click
> Browse, and in the window that pops up click on Desktop, then OK and
> Next.
>
> Do you not already have a Desktop shortcut on your quick launch bar,
> next to the Start orb?
>
> Hope it helps
>
> SIW2
>
>
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> SIW2