Step 1: Right click on the Taskbar and choose Toolbars and then New Toolbar.
Step 2: Now copy and paste the following line into the Folder box in the New Toolbar dialog box:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
Click SAVE
Step 3: Now you'll see the Quick Launch bar shows up at the right of the taskbar. Next, right-click on the Taskbar and turn off Lock the Taskbar.
Step 4: Right-click on the Quick Launch bar and turn off Show Text and Show Title. Also, click on View and change it to Small Icons.
Step 5: Now Hover near Start button and Drag Taskbar divider to the far right. Quicklaunch shoots back to left side where it belongs.
Drag Taskbar divider back to end of QL
Open Windows Explorer and paste %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch and hit enter. Will open to folder .
Now open a plain text file and add this and then rename to Show desktop.scf
[Shell]
Command = 2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command = ToggleDesktop
Thats it back to XP way and the show desktop is back. No way I can see to do this by regedit or anything else yet but I did see an autoit file here. http://www.msfn.org/board/automatic-enable...tml#entry886066
EDIT: Taskbar won't push it off if you adjust dividers and lock taskbar afterwards