How do I?

[ErnieK]

Friends Pc running Win ME.
He was having probs with it and asked me to have a look. (he must have been desperate to ask me) Got them sorted but have a Q about ME.
In '98 you can drag and drop the desktop icons onto the taskbar. When I tried to do this with his ME machine I could not manage it. Is it possible to do this in ME? If so How do I set it up? Mainly wanting the icon for closing down all windows at once (show desktop icon)onto T\bar.

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Ernie

[Ghost_Hacker]

It works the same way in ME.

Make sure that the following folder exist.

C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

or if you have profiles enabled for this computer

C:\Windows\Profiles\profile name\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

If it doesn't create it.


EDIT Here's some addtional information.

"To re-create the Show Desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar, follow these steps:
Use any text editor (such as Notepad) to create a file with the following lines:

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

[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop


All punctuation, capitalization, and spacing are important. Save the new file as a file named Show Desktop.scf in the Windows\System or Winnt\System32 folder. Note that Notepad may automatically append a .txt extension to the file name. Remove this extension if Notepad adds it. These steps do not work if the file is named Show Desktop.scf.txt.
Quit Notepad.
Using Windows Explorer or My Computer, navigate to the appropriate folder, then right-click the Show Desktop.scf file. Select Create Shortcut from the pop-up menu.
Still using Windows Explorer, and if you're using Windows 95, 98, 98SE, or ME, copy the new shortcut to the appropriate folder where you created Quick Launch as described above.
If you're using Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000, copy the shortcut to Winnt\System32
Copy? Highlight the file, then choose Copy from the Edit menu at the top of the Windows Explorer window. When you've navigated to your Quick Launch (or Winnt\System32) folder, plant the cursor in the folder, then choose Paste from the same Edit menu.
Rename the shortcut to Desktop. (Either select the file with the right mouse button and choose "rename" from the pop-up menu to edit the name, or highlight the filename and press F2.)
The Show Desktop icon automatically appears on the Quick Launch toolbar.


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[This message has been edited by Ghost_Hacker (edited 09-06-2001).]

[ErnieK]

Thanks GH.
Will follow your advice when I see him next week
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Ernie