Decluttering is important, be it your room or your desktop. A clean and tidy desktop is not only pleasing to the eye, but it also increases productivity. It is always easier to find things on a clean ...

I’ve found a solution to the situation here. An application called IconRestorer is specially designed to overcome this problem of arranging many desktop icons in one standard layout with a single ...

Then I discovered Fences, and everything changed. It’s a desktop organization tool that makes it ridiculously easy to group ...

Windows only: If you've got an application with a really ugly icon, or you just want to get some hard-core nerdy action with your desktop customization, Resource Hacker is the tool for the job. Over ...

When you download an app to your iPad, an icon is created on the device's desktop, referred to as its "Home screen." You can then tap the icon to launch the software. You are not limited to only ...

You can change any icon on your Mac to suit your taste. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac A great way to personalize your computer is to change your Mac icons. New in macOS Tahoe, you can give ...

The Windows desktop is iconic. Some of the backgrounds, the green rolling hills featured in Windows XP, have even become a bit of a meme. However, I do one thing very differently: I have completely ...

Although the Windows 11 desktop only comes with the Recycle Bin icon, it's still possible to bring back all the legacy system icons to the desktop, including Computer, User's Files, Network, and ...

Creating a .desktop file in Linux allows you to launch applications directly from your desktop or start menu, enhancing your productivity and user experience. This guide will walk you through the ...

The desktop of just about every Windows PC I’ve ever used has ended up being a mess. It gets cluttered with files I’d meant to save temporarily, but which are usually still there for months or years, ...

When you install new programs on your computers, they may display a message asking if you like them to store an icon on your desktop. If you move through your installation screens quickly, you may ...

Some things have become so ubiquitous that we never stop to wonder what came before them. Take the neat row of icons stacked at the bottom of your Mac screen. Before 1984, these little icons simply ...