Show Desktop icon on left in taskbar

There are some old threads on this subject which are useful but have become dated, so, following instructions, I have decided to open a new thread. The Show Desktop button in W7 is over on the right, and I wanted to move it to the left, but that appears to be impossible. Now, I know the W-d keyboard shortcut achieves the same goal, but I would also like to have a clickable icon in the taskbar on the left. Here's what I did:

In XP, I created a shortcut to Show Desktop, and placed it on my desktop. Then I "pinned" it to the taskbar, and it worked just fine. So, in W7 I copied the XP shortcut to my desktop, where it still works just fine. However, when I pin it to the taskbar, W7 creates a link to Windows Explorer, which is NOT what I want! (In Properties, this shortcut is described as "Windows Explorer Command (.scf)".

So, if anyone out there has a way to create a Show Desktop button on the left of the taskbar, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Surely there must be a file or command buried somewhere in the system that performs this task. I have looked, but haven't found a thing that is useful.

The link you give is flagged by WOT as being "unreliable", with numerous critical comments by other users. I'll give it a pass.

We have a tutorial with a ready made shortcut you can pin to the taskbar,

Show Desktop Shortcut - Create

I typed in a brief note, and then clicked on "Mark Solved", and the note vanished. Nuts. Thanks for the useful tips; I have it nearly solved now.

Hi Guys:

The quickest way I know how to "show desktop" on Windows 7 is: Click on Start. In the search box, type: "Show Desktop" (exclude quotation marks). Right-click "Show Desktop" and pin to Taskbar. Worked for me.

Thanks, that does work. I had somehow got it to work some time ago, but I don't remember how.

Hi ejdpop:

You're quite welcome!