Method 1:
Click Start, Run and type the command regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32
The Show Desktop SCF file should now be available. If you don't see it, it should appear after a reboot.
Method 2:
Click Start, Run, and type Notepad. Type the following contents into the document.
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
Save the file as "ShowDesktop.SCF" [with double-quotes]. Drag the file to the Quick Launch area. If you're like me and like to keep things neat, make sure to save the file in a location where it won't be in your way. Dragging the newly created icon to the desktop Quick Launch area will only create a shortcut to the actual file. If you delete the original file you saved, the shortcut will no longer work.
Method 3:
Search for the file named Show Desktop.scf in your computer by logging in as administrator. Every user profile has a copy of this file. Copy it to your user profile path here:
%Appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
Type the above path in Start, Run dialog.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
TIPS & TRICKS - Problems with track changes and commenting in Word
google.com generated HTML page: Tip - Tracked Changes in Microsoft Word 2003
Someone had a resumé in Word format the other day and wanted to create a PDF file out of it. We tried the create PDF button in Word, we tried the standard File > Print to Adobe PDF method. Neither worked. As soon as the process starts, it just hangs and never gets completed.
The user knew enough to show me that the document contained a lot of comments and other tracked changes. As a result, we decided to try and recreate the document and strip out all the excess content. The copy and paste method only brought the same content over in a new Word file. We wanted to try to resave the original document as a RTF (rich text format), which would also strip it of all but necessary content. That produced the same result as attempting to create the PDF file. It just hung.
From the link above, we learned could accept all the changes. We didn't want to reject because it would undo the most recent changes, which was what we wanted to keep. After accepting all the changes, all the commenting went away and we were finally able to save the file as a RTF to strip it of all the extraneous content. Success!
Someone had a resumé in Word format the other day and wanted to create a PDF file out of it. We tried the create PDF button in Word, we tried the standard File > Print to Adobe PDF method. Neither worked. As soon as the process starts, it just hangs and never gets completed.
The user knew enough to show me that the document contained a lot of comments and other tracked changes. As a result, we decided to try and recreate the document and strip out all the excess content. The copy and paste method only brought the same content over in a new Word file. We wanted to try to resave the original document as a RTF (rich text format), which would also strip it of all but necessary content. That produced the same result as attempting to create the PDF file. It just hung.
From the link above, we learned could accept all the changes. We didn't want to reject because it would undo the most recent changes, which was what we wanted to keep. After accepting all the changes, all the commenting went away and we were finally able to save the file as a RTF to strip it of all the extraneous content. Success!
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