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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I used to treat my desktop like a junk drawer. Whenever I downloaded something or needed quick access to a file, I’d toss it onto the desktop and tell myself I’d sort it later. Of course, that day ...

The default mode of the Desktop is to auto-arrange icons. If you move an icon, delete one, or add a new one, it will rearrange itself. The problem happens when you connect another monitor with a ...

We all spend a lot of time looking at our computer desktop, in between opening up programs and switching between browser windows, and it can often become a dumping ground for all sorts of miscellany: ...

Once upon a time, our desktops were a point of pride. How did you customize yours? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I barely see ...

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 ...

Al Nagy asked how to stop Windows from rearranging the icons on his desktop. Windows likes a neatly-arranged desktop. It wants to snap everything into a grid that starts in the upper-left corner of ...

Reader Robert Drake finds his Mac a little too tidy for his taste. He writes: I noticed that you wrote an article about tidying up your Mac and thought you could help me. My son came over the other ...