+Bob+ wrote:

> It was on my lower left side launch bar for years... now it's
> mysteriously gone.

Restore "Show Desktop" from Rick Rogers:

Copy/paste the below into notepad, then click file/"save as" and call it
"show desktop.scf" and drop it on the desktop. You can drag it from
there to the quicklaunch bar.

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=EXPLORER.EXE,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Malke
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