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After about two hours of tinkering, I think I got it figured out. I'll test it on my girlfriend's computer and if it works, I'll write a tutorial. Edit: The tutorial has been posted here - I forgot about this thread, or I would have provided the link here earlier. Sorry!
Vic
Last edited by VicVicVic; 29 Sep 2009 at 15:59.
There is another way without using the Quick-launch bar..
1, Create a new txt document in drive C or some place called 'Show Desktop.txt',
2, Open it and paste the following into it and close and save afterwards:
3, rename the file from 'Show Desktop.txt' to 'Show Desktop.exe'Code:[Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop
4, Drag this new fake '.exe' to the taskbar to pin it,
5, rename the txt file you created in drive C from 'Show Desktop.exe' to 'Show Desktop.scf',
6, Holding down the shift key, right-click on the newly pinned 'Show Desktop.exe' and go properties,
7, In the top textbox of the properties windows (labeled 'Target'), change the path from 'c:\Show Desktop.exe' to 'c:\Show Desktop.scf' and hit apply and close the properties dialog,
8, the new 'Show Desktop' should now work.
You will need to restart the PC for the icon to appear but this will look and function like the good old one used to.
I've solved this problem by changing the positioning offset of my secondary monitor. I have two different sized monitors, with the bigger (primary) monitor on the left and the smaller secondary monitor to the right. I used to line them up in Windows' display properties so that the bottom of each monitor was lined up, but now I have a smaller offset for the second monitor so there's a little bit of space where the primary monitor continues below the secondary one (around 30 pixels, enough just for the taskbar).
So now I can slam my mouse to the bottom right of my primary monitor and it'll stop at the edge.