Creating shortcuts for frequently used programs and files can save time and reduce clutter on your desktop. Instead of having all items directly on the screen, place them in folders or use shortcut ...

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 ...

Just look at all those folders and other icons cluttering your Windows desktop. How do you find anything, much less get anything done in all that digitized mess? What you need is Fences, a program ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps it is overly presumptuous of me to describe the ideal desktop; I know that everyone has their own "system" and preferred workflow. Whenever I see a co-worker's desktop, though, crowded with ...

I'm almost neurotically organized. Indeed, if allow my desktop to get messy, my productivity plummets. Stardock has released a free app just for people like me: Fences lets you create organized groups ...