How to re-create the Show desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows XP

I didn't think this would be this involving or hard as the task is so simple, but apparently if you can't find that "Show Desktop" file, you need to re-create it.

To re-create the Show desktop icon yourself, follow these steps:

Click Start, click Run, type notepad in the Open box, and then click OK.
Carefully copy and then paste the following text into the Notepad window:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
On the File menu, click Save As, and then save the file to your desktop as 'Show desktop.scf'. The Show desktop icon is created on your desktop.
Click and then drag the Show desktop icon to your Quick Launch toolbar."

(From Microsoft support site)

Windows 7 is much better, you can just Ctrl-Tab to find the desktop