If you have opened more than one program, you might like to display and use the Quick Launch bar. The Quick Launch bar makes it easy to access frequently used programs like Windows Media Player and your e-mail, and to open an Internet Explorer window. Windows XP loads several programs in the Quick Launch, including Show Desktop. One click on Show Desktop minimizes all the programs on your desktop. Another click restores them just as you\’d left them.

To display Quick Launch on the taskbar

1. If the Quick Launch bar is not displayed, right-click an empty area on the taskbar and click Properties.
2. On the Taskbar tab, under Taskbar appearance, select the Show Quick Launch check box and click OK.

Once the Quick Launch toolbar is showing, you can re-position it to your liking. Using your mouse, go and click the little line on the toolbar that looks like a few vertical dots, then while holding the mouse button down, drag the toolbar out onto your desktop. It will then be hovering in the middle of your screen. Drag the toolbar again to any side of the screen you want until it "sucks up" to that side of the screen and anchors there. You can then resize the toolbar to be the width/height you want. When you are done, if you want the toolbar to always be on top, right click on the toolbar and select "Always on Top".