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If you're losing the battle over your workspace to your desktop icons, a secret weapon is one click away. Fences quickly and easily organizes your icons into separate windows on your desktop, either automatically or manually. Labeling these boxes helps keep programs, photos, files, and Web links together, or you might choose to group by project rather than by file type. Whatever your logic, you'll be able to drag and drop fences (and the shortcuts within them) anywhere on your desktop.
You can furthermore drag and drop shortcuts anywhere, and resize the fence. A scroll bar pops up so you can find your icons in fences that you've resized to be smaller than their contents. In addition to sorting shortcuts, you can cleverly hide them completely by double-tapping the desktop; double-tapping again resurfaces them. Fences helpfully lets you exclude select fences from hiding. Customization tools can change the color scheme or take snapshots of your layout at any time, in case you'd like to switch among them without completely redoing your arrangement.
We just wish that creating a new fence was smoother and took fewer steps, and that you could create rules for certain files types to automatically download into specific fences. Perhaps we'll see that in a future premium version. In the meantime, we recommend Fences to anyone looking for a fast, fresh solution to persistent desktop clutter.
Publisher's Description
From Stardock:
Fences lets users clean up their desktop icons in moments. Users draw "fences" on their desktop which enables users to drag and drop icons into them. Users can have fences show and hide by double-clicking on the desktop. In addition, users can control which icons show and hide when the desktop is double-clicked on allowing for easy desktop clean-up.
What's new in this version: Updated desktop customization options and maintenance optimizations for Windows 7.
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All versions:
4.2 starsout of 1,061 votes
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Current version:
4.3 starsout of 353 votes
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"Nice way to clean up a messy desktop"
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
Easy to use, free, effective.
Cons
The functionality of this program is rivaled by even a simple dock application.
Summary
Very nice, but obsolete if you have a dock. All there is to be said.
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"Great tool"
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
-Uncluttered my desktop
Cons
-None so far
Summary
I really liked this. My desktop is now pretty clean thanks to this.
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"Really good organizer"
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
Easy to use, it declutters your desktop.
Cons
If you have multiple monitors it moves your new icons to the left.
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"Impressive"
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
Helps you easy to organize your work.
Cons
A bit harder to move it with the mouse.
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"Just what I was looking for."
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
Easily downloads/installs
Very simple to use
Attractive, neat and tidy finishCons
None come to mind
Summary
Installed Fences after trying a half-dozen other programs to organize the maze of my desltop. Within minutes I had organized and set up all my icons and solved a problem that I'd been living with for months Perfect solution; would recommend to anybody with a cluttered desktop.
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Version: Fences 1.01
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"Fences saves the day for me"
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
I have used FENCES for many months now, and have found it perfect for my desktop. The best part is that I can just "throw" various files into general catagories on the desktop and organize them into their folders later. I love that I can click FENCES and have it disappear so I have an uncluttered desktop to enjoy.
Cons
I wish there were a way to make fences within fences.
Summary
HOORAY FOR FENCES
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"Very good. A nice experience for tidying up desktop."
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
Clean desktop, Beautiful screen, especially with nice wallpaper.
Cons
None as of now, except for disappearing icons (fence may not be responsible0
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"Prima endlich Ordnung auf meinem Desktop"
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
Sieht gut aus und ist vor allem unheimlich Praktisch! Einfach in der Bedienung und braucht kaum Resourcen, TOP TOOL
Cons
Ein wenig Sprachwirrwar aber einfach zu bedienen
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"No clutter solution. Easy to group and to move groups."
Version: Fences 1.01
Pros
Easy to sort items on desktop just like a file cabinet.
Great for projects.
Great for separating work from life or new readings for work.Cons
No Cons yet.
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