Shortcut to desktop

[bargepole]

I want to create a shortcut back to the desktop, to use in the sytem tray next to the start button. Righting clicking on the desk top and choosing New, then Shortcut, brings up a box (using windows xp), allowing me to browse, and I chose Desktop, click next and then finish and there is my new shortcut, however when I click the new shortcut the desktop opens as web page complete with address bar etc. How do I make it so that I go back to the actual desktop ie the one with the background wallpaper when I click this shortcut? Thanks

[j2buttonsw]

Try this: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/r105089
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[roomby]

There is already a shortcut to the desktop in the quick launch toolbar. Right click on the taskbar at the bottom of the desktop and choose Toolbars>quick launch. There'll be a small icon called show desktop on it. You can get rid of the other icons if you don't want them.

[bargepole]

j2 can create the file and drop it in the quicklaunch bar but it doesn't do anything when I click on it. roomby appear to have "lost/delated" original icon and created another from the desktop, this is the one in the quicklaunch bar now, but when I open it it opens as a web page.

[bargepole]

Have managed to do it, used the link provided by j2 but was typing command in one line, should have been 5 lines. Thanks to both of you.

[lisaj]

Holding the Windows key and D should bring up your desktop. Useless if you don't have a windows key (say, on a laptop) but indispensible if you do :-)

[j2buttonsw]

Well thanks to roomby and lisaj, I have learnt two new things today (I wondered where the quick launch went to).

[roomby]

thanks to lisaj i learned something too!

[lisaj]

you're welcome: I only found out about it about 18 months ago and was shocked: I've been in the industry far too long to not know something so brilliantly useful :-)