DesktopX 3.5

• License:

  Free to try; $14.95 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.5 stars (out of 92 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  4,711,516

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  September 17, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version DesktopX 3.2 DesktopX 3.1 DesktopX 3.0 DesktopX 2.4 DesktopX 2.2 DesktopX 2.1 DesktopX 2.0 DesktopX 1.99 DesktopX 1.2 DesktopX 1.1 DesktopX 1.0a DesktopX 1.0 DesktopX 0.90 DesktopX 0.75 DesktopX 0.65 DesktopX 0.60a

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Publisher's description of DesktopX

DesktopX is a program that lets you design your very own desktop. Use widgets to enhance your desktop experience or build a completely new desktop interface from scratch. The program includes support for hot keys that can hide and show desktop widgets, and it supports animation, sound, and other features that can really turbocharge your Windows experience. It includes tools to make it easy to create your very own desktop designs and widgets.

Version 3.5 adds support to exporting content as Windows Vista sidebar gadgets and a host of improvements to support Windows Vista.

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Editor's review of DesktopX

• 4.0 stars

• "Extreme desktop makeover"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: DesktopX 3.5

Everybody who uses a computer customizes his or her desktop to some degree. With DesktopX you can mold your work space any way you like. Chock-full of themes, icon manipulators, and simple programs, DesktopX gives you an unlimited number of choices to freak out your desktop.

The most unique feature of DesktopX is its ability to create and run simple programs, called objects, on your desktop. The default installation includes a variety of objects, such as a CNN Headline News ticker, an analog clock, and a simple MP3 player. You can easily download more objects. Interesting icon tweaks include expansion to just smaller than giant, as well as a feature that makes icons grow when you mouse over them. We like the themes, which provide a unique collection of objects, background images, and other tweaks that can switch your style in one swoop. All told, DesktopX offers extensive tools for redesigning your desktop.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 92 votes
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• 1 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: DesktopX 3.5

  "I HATE this program!!!!!!!!!!"

  by gramscifi on April 20, 2009

  Pros: NOTHING!!!!!!!!!

  Cons: I CAN NOT uninstall it. PLEASE PLEASE tell me how to do so!!!!!!!

  Summary: Every time I try it won't let me. Please help me to uninstall this awful program.

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• 5 stars

  Version: DesktopX 3.5

  "The best, easiest program on the web!!!"

  by rcrowe9 on April 5, 2009

  Pros: Have tried other sidebars, but they only created with my PC, this one does not, nor do I have any problem with malware that I expierenced with the other programs, you are the greatest.

  Cons: there is nothing I don't like about product

  Summary: Easy to use and download as stand alone applications.

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• 3 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: DesktopX 3.5

  "very cool IF you know how to use it..."

  by volcomusa on February 6, 2009

  Pros: a very fun and entertaining bit of software
  allows you to easily customize your desktop

  Cons: hard to get accustomed to
  hard to figure out what you can do and how you can do it
  downloading desktop X software and getting it in the right place in your computer can be very hard

  Summary: this is a very fun program to use, you just need some time to learn how to use it

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• 2 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: DesktopX 3.5

  "I didn't understand a bit."

  by vshankaa on January 28, 2009

  Pros: I don't know.. Looks to be a simple software but...

  Cons: ...its not a simple software. Was extremely disappointed :((

  Summary: I think I was expecting more from this program. Didn't live to expectation!

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