Recreate the Show Desktop icon

I believe some of us have deleted icons by mistake. However, if you have deleted the Show Desktop icon, you will not be able to get it back easily. Luckily, Microsoft has actually provided instructions to re-create that icon.

To re-create the Show desktop icon, follow these steps:

1. Goto Start > Run, type notepad in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Copy and paste the following text into the Notepad window:
   [Shell]
   Command=2
   IconFile=explorer.exe,3
   [Taskbar]
   Command=ToggleDesktop
3. On the File menu, click Save As, and then save the file to your desktop as "Show desktop.scf". The Show desktop icon is created on your desktop.

That is it. You can drag this icon to where ever you want it.