Then I discovered Fences, and everything changed. It’s a desktop organization tool that makes it ridiculously easy to group ...

You can change nearly any desktop icon on both Mac and PC. To change desktop icons on a Mac, open the "Get Info" menu and paste in the picture you want to use. On a PC you'll need to make a .ICO file, ...

The Windows desktop is iconic. Some of the backgrounds, the green rolling hills featured in Windows XP, have even become a bit of a meme. However, I do one thing very differently: I have completely ...

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 ...

While we all love to keep icons and files on the Desktop for quick access, it results in too much clutter. As Windows changed, it allowed you to hide the desktop icons, so everything looked cleaner.

Q: I recently bought a new HP desktop computer and a HP laptop both running Windows 11. I use them both for business. I have four businesses that I manage using my computers. I use mostly use Excel ...

To make your desktop icons invisible on your Windows 11/10 PC, here are the two steps you need to follow: Make the name of the desktop icon invisible using the Character Map. Make the desktop icon ...

Let’s face it, Google is pretty much where we all go to find things online. You probably use it a lot. Having to open your ...

One of the things I love about Stardock’s icon organizer, Fences, is the way the program can quickly hide all your desktop icons. Just double-click any empty area and poof: They’re gone. A second ...

The reason why I mention PeterB is because I saw one of his screenshots in one of the SS threads here, and he has the same taste in icon placement that I do -- that is, all major icons for all major ...