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  • P Pravarakhya

    Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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    TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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    i can already do this today by creating folders on my desktop. why do i need some probably virus-ridden tool to do what i can already do?

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      I glanced at your post too quickly, and read it as feces, which made me do a serious double take. I've found Lysol works fine for me.

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      Lost User
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      Jim Crafton wrote:

      and read it as feces,

      I tried that, but it's just sh*t.

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      • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

        i can already do this today by creating folders on my desktop. why do i need some probably virus-ridden tool to do what i can already do?

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        Pravarakhya
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        Can you view the contents of folder, without actually opening the folder?

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        • P Pravarakhya

          Can you view the contents of folder, without actually opening the folder?

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          TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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          yes, you can make them stick "open" to your desktop

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          • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

            yes, you can make them stick "open" to your desktop

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            Pravarakhya
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            I'm sorry, I might be missing an obvious thing here, but can you tell me how to do that

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            • P Pravarakhya

              Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              Only Mac users would want stuff on their desktops. My desktop is clean.

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              • P Pravarakhya

                I'm sorry, I might be missing an obvious thing here, but can you tell me how to do that

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                TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                you have to turn on active desktop with web and "show web content on my desktop" consult windows help or google how to do that.

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                • P Pravarakhya

                  Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                  dan sh
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                  Right click on desktop and uncheck "Show desktop icons". Thats it. Neat and clean desktop available.

                  It's not necessary to be so stupid, either, but people manage it. - Christian Graus, 2009 AD

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                  • P Pravarakhya

                    Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                    peterchen
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                    Pravarakhya wrote:

                    Is any one using Fences[^],

                    Now I do.

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                    • P Pravarakhya

                      Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                      AspDotNetDev
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                      At least in Windows XP... You can actually drag a folder from anywhere on your file system (i.e., not just folders from your desktop) and stick it to the edge of the desktop. You can then grab that little edge-folder thingy and move it over your desktop and it becomes a window that does not show on the taskbar. The original folder location remains intact, but you get the benefit of having a mini window that you can place files in. As far as I can tell, it is pretty much the same thing as that Fences program.

                      Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.

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                      • P Pravarakhya

                        Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                        cjb110
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                        I don't get this...if you have lots of icons on your desktop for commonly used docs/progs. Then surely you have said docs/progs open, and obscuring all the icons on the desktop???? I'd use taskbar folders instead, that way the icon is accessible what ever I'm running.

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                        • P Pravarakhya

                          Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                          hairy_hats
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                          I still prefer RocketDock, that way I don't have to bring the desktop to the front to find my links.

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                          • P Pravarakhya

                            Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                            Caslen
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                            I use ObjectDock also by Stardock - never had any problems with it, worked first time and has always worked and my desktop is beautifully uncluttered!

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                            • P Pravarakhya

                              Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                              eslsys
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                              Have it installed on W7, its great, a nice little tool for the desktop and everything is easily found

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                              • P Pravarakhya

                                Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                                billatchorus
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                                I have Fences installed on several machines. For me its now a must have (ok a really like). I like the double click and hide all fences feature. I wish they had a hide this fence option, but you can achieve that effect by Excluding other fences from hiding. If you haven't tried it, you should give it a try.

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                                • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                                  Normally I do not put a lot of items on my desktop. But I found this tool interesting and played with it for sometime: Bumptop[^]

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                                  Yusubov E
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                                  It is really looks great.. Thanks for sharing..

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                                    Thanks - it looked interesting until I got to the bit "This is a beta...and will expire in November 2009". I don't install beta software on my working machine, not since the incident. I don't want to talk about it.

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                                    programmervb netc
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                                    My god are you right. I did until 2 days ago. I had installed some beta controls from ComponentOne for Iphone dev and it hosed my machine I could not install the new version of the controls we just purchased for 1500. After fighting it for 5 hours I finally formatted and reloaded and have been doing so for 2 days. Normally I would not have formatted but the other dev I worked with had already installed the controls and we cannot work on the same projects with different versions.:confused::confused::confused:

                                    Humble Programmer

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                                    • C Chris Losinger

                                      my solution is pretty simple: turn on auto-arrange / align to grid. then i delete things when i see more than three columns of icons. i put all of my essential apps in the quick-launch bar.

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                                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                      I put all of my essential apps in Slickrun. I dislike the Quick launch bar and keep it turned off.

                                      Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)

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                                      • P Pravarakhya

                                        Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                                        MattPenner
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                                        Meh. I just get a bigger/additional monitor when I can't see my desktop. I have 5 monitors, three of which are 30". :laugh:

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                                        • P Pravarakhya

                                          Is any one using Fences[^], I just stumbled upon this yesterday, now my desk top is much organized and neat. I was looking for such a program for years now, and this is exactly what I have imagined.They said it works on Windows 7 too, though I have tried it on XP.

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                                          rbrt13
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                                          I download everything to my desktop, but then it starts to get near 3 columns, I delete the installers and sort the rest into my documents. All the programs I use frequently are in my start menu, the rest I can access in a few seconds more.

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