Retrieve/Restore Lost "Show Desktop" Icon in Vista

A friend accidentally deleted the "Show desktop" icon in the quick start, sent an E-mail to ask how to restore the item, saying that it searched online for a long time, although it found no Less recovery of the tutorial showing the desktop icon, but either the operation is very cumbersome or not effective at all, ask us if there is an easy way.
In fact, in Windows Vista, to restore the display icon that was deleted by mistake, it doesn't have to be so complicated: Windows Vista itself saves the backup of the “Show desktop” icon and shortcuts. All we have to do is It can be copied to the user directory.
Recover deleted “display desktop”icon:
1. Open the Explorer (the desktop computer is also available); first let the Explorer display the system and hidden files, the same way (if it is clicked into the computer): Click “Organize”“ And the search option ”, select the “View” tab in the pop-up window, uncheck the "Hide protected operating system files" & “ hide files and folders & rdquo; item settings to “Show hidden files and folders”. Browse to the following directory:
C:\\Users\\Default\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Quick Launch
Under this folder, in general, you can see at least two files: display desktop and Switch between windows. Right-click on the "Show desktop" button to select "Copy" and open the following directory:
C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Quick Launch< Br> Of course, the "username" in the above string needs to be replaced with the name of the currently used user.
Right click on the folder and select “Paste”, you will find that the quick launch area on the taskbar has more icons for “Show desktop”. A better way is to drag the mouse to the launch bar.