Simple, elegant, and insanely practical, Fences corrals all your desktop icons. Tired of icon clutter? Sure, you can organize your desktop shortcuts, programs, folders, and the like by dragging and ...

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that’s one messy desktop you’ve got. No, not your physical desk. I’m talking about the background of your computer. See for yourself: drag this browser window ...

The Windows desktop is one of the most important aspects of the operating system because it is home to many of your icons. If you have many apps that are used regularly, then it makes a lot of sense ...

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Searching for an oft-used software via the Start Menu can take time if you have several apps installed. Sure, you can quickly search for it using the taskbar search bar, but many prefer to place its ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Keeping your desktop, files, and folders organized can be a bit of work, so it helps to have an in-and-out system you can use to always store your work. To make that easier, I created a set of ...

Before I organized my desktop a few days ago, I embarrassingly had well over 100 files littering my screen. From screenshots and videos to an assortment of folders and documents, my desktop ...

Maybe you’re the type of person who laboriously organizes your Windows’ desktop icons, sorting them and adding them to specific folders. If you’re not, Stardock’s Fences 4 utility may be worth a look.

The MacBook Pro's desktop contains icons that represent files, folders, mounted drives and aliases to files, folders and applications. A double-click on an icon accesses a folder, opens a file or ...

As files are added to the desktop after downloading, Windows 7 seems to want to add the recent files starting at the top left. And occasionally some files get arranged from left to right instead of ...