Corral desktop icons with Fences
Posted by Jacque on February 17th, 2009
A colleague (thanks, Jean!) called my attention to Stardock’s Fences, a free desktop icon organizer. I found it easy to install and customize, and the process of dragging and dropping desktop shortcuts into my selected categories made me feel like I am finally doing it “my way.”
One of the good things about Fences is that you can make them (and your icons) go away with a double-click — or set up the program to make some go and some stay. It’s a quick way to get a clean slate, especially if you want to do a screencast.
“Fences allows you to create shaded areas on your desktop that you can place icons in. You can label them however you wish, and move/resize them anywhere on the desktop. Pre-included layouts help speed the process for new users,” promises the website.
I really like the look and feel of my desktop now that I have “corralled” my icons in a way that works for me and have arranged them around the photo I am using as wallpaper.
You might want to check out this demo video about Fences made with Camtasia Studio.
