Organize Your PC Desktop with Stardock's Fences 1.0
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Stardock, the world leader in desktop customization, today released the highly anticipated version 1.0 of its popular and free desktop organization application, Fences. Fences is a one-of-a-kind program designed to organize the desktop by allowing users to customize how icons and files reside on the desktop based on user-defined preferences. Fences is the ultimate tool for those users who want to keep their PC desktop clear of clutter.
Fences works by allowing users to “draw” labeled shaded areas on the desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for any desktop icon. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer's desktop, solving the "constant mess" problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception. Fences also helps users finally appreciate the wallpaper hiding behind a cluttered desktop.
In addition to its organizing features, Fences offers a quick-hide feature: Double click your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they'll return.
Fences is free and can be downloaded here: https://www.stardock.com/products/fences/index.asp. Screenshots and demonstration videos are also provided.
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System Requirements:
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
- On Vista and Windows 7, both 32bit and 64bit versions are supported.
Reply #2 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 4:53 PM
Cnet Download.com editorial:The secret to a perfect desktop? Fences
Download: http://download.cnet.com/Fences/3000-2072_4-10909535.html?tag=mncol;txt
Reply #4 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 5:55 PM
ya i was proud to see Fences on download.com today. excellent work stardock. i hope it downloads like crazy.
Reply #5 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 7:50 PM
Feature request: The ability for a fence to create a "view" into a folder in a different location and the ability to manipulate material just as I could in the folder itself.
Reasoning: The material itself is on another hard disk for redundancy and storage reasons. However I daily work with the material (visual photoshop like stuff) and would like not to have an extra folder open dragging around. I don't want to put all 30+ folders on the desktop as that creates clutter I didn't have before and obviates the location on my other hard disk.
Reply #6 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 8:36 PM
Addendum: The above would be a really great workflow addition. I hate Photoshop CS3's Bridge program. Mostly useless. Being able to browse around *on* my desktop to check where I am, what images are where, and what I need to do would be brilliant.
Reply #7 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:45 PM
Read that a new version of Fences was available at Download.com. I used the following link to download the update. http://download.cnet.com/Fences/3000-2072_4-10909535.html?tag=mncol;txt. Once I downlooaded the file it was version 0.95.0.0. What's the deal? If Download.com is suppose to be the source why don't they have the version mentioned? 
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 4:31 PM
Congrats on getting 1.0 done, is it available on impulse yet? I have version .99 and it isn't showing any updates.