Stardock’s Tiles 2 Now Available, Adds Multiple Desktops to Windows PCs

Create multiple desktops of related programs, files, and links through the use of a customizable sidebar on the Windows desktop

Stardock released a new v2.0 update for the popular Windows® customization tool, Tiles™, today.

Tiles is a program that lets you create multiple desktops of related programs, files, and links through the use of a customizable sidebar on your Windows desktop. You can drag programs onto the sidebar by holding the shift key, and it will create a thumbnail of that application so that you can find it easily.

You can have multiple pages of Tiles and categorize and label them however you want, allowing you to organize your tasks in an efficient and visually appealing way. You can click through your lists of tiles and swipe left/right easily to access your other groups. Additionally, you can adjust the size and position of where your Tiles bar sits.

Tiles 2 Features

• NEW! Light/Dark Mode Support and integration with Stardock's Curtains
• NEW! Full Groupy integration - see your groups in your Tiles pages
• NEW! Show only minimized or maximized windows
• NEW! High DPI monitor support
• Quickly switch between active and inactive tasks
• Create custom pages to suit your computing style
• Swiftly move from one application to the next
• Quickly view and manage running applications
• Touch-ready for Windows tablet users

Tiles is now available standalone for $9.99 or
through Stardock's Object Desktop™ suite for $29.99.
If you're already an Object Desktop member, Tiles is waiting for you in your account!

How often do you change your desktop wallpaper? For my main PCs I usually have a folder of wallpapers I like and have them change throughout the day. It keeps the desktop updated with a new scene often, and it makes my desktop a little less boring. 

We're trying to build up a nice, curated wallpaper gallery here on WinCustomize, and the integration with DeskScapes 11 is going to make that an excellent feature to have.

So, let's highlight a few of the recent wallpaper submissions!

Sunset in my Mind

Nature's Colors

Colorful Metal Walls

BurningAeroPromo

Looking at the Curtains gallery this week, and I wanted to highlight the top 3 Curtains themes that are available to download here on WinCustomize. Curtains comes with several great styles already installed, but if you want to branch out then come see what other members have been downloading recently.

If you don't have Curtains yet, download it here: Stardock Curtains

Transparent/Blur/Aero/Glass by DestinyChild

Play by danioc

PVC Dark/Light by n_three

Do you have a favorite Curtains theme you have been using? Let us know in the comments!

We used to have a software wiki many years ago with entries for all of Stardock software and WinCustomize. Unfortunately, all its data was lost quite a long time ago and it was a nice resource that was missed. The good news is we've been building a new wiki just for software and it's ready to go!

As it is a wiki there is still some work to do with updates and such, but overall, this is a great resource for information on specific software. If you need to easily find changelogs, tutorials, blogs, videos, etc. then each software wiki will have those available. I've updated many of the software tutorials and articles to keep them updated with the latest changes, but there's still lots more to do.

Check out our new software wikis here!

Stardock Software - Official Wiki

It's a new month so we have a new desktop screenshot thread for February! Since Valentine's Day is approaching in a couple of weeks, this is a fantastic opportunity to show off any Valentine's desktop you might have put together. If Valentine's Day isn't your thing it's no problem. Still feel free to head over and show us what cool skins and themes you are using on your desktop this month!

February 2021 Desktop Screenshots

Need some skins for inspiration? Check out this Valentine's post on some favorite themes to start with.

I've obtained the top download lists from 2020 and have been going through them. I'm going to be making several posts about them, but today I wanted to start with CursorFX. It was an exciting year for CursorFX as we released v4 back in April. 

So, let's take a look at the most downloaded CursorFX themes on WinCustomize for 2020!

Hal 2030 by theAVMAN was the top CursorFX download in 2020!

Piranha FX by neone6  and Oberon 7 by Vampthothika came in as the 2nd and 3rd most downloaded with over 7000 downloads each.

Valentine's Day is approaching in a few weeks, and I thought it would be fun to feature some of the Valentine's Day inspired skins and themes here on WinCustomize.

Do you add Valentine's skins to your desktop?

Happy Valentines Day by vlad (Wallpaper)

Valentines Day by danilloOc (Start buttons)

Valentine Hearts by AzDude (Dream)

My Dirty Valentine by Vampothika (CursorFX)

Every year the Pantone Color Institute announces color(s) that will express the "mood" of the year. They have picked two interesting choices which are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating.

From their blog:

"PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, two independent colors that highlight how different elements come together to support one another, best express the mood for Pantone Color of the Year 2021. Practical and rock solid but at the same time warming and optimistic, the union of PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating is one of strength and positivity. It is a story of color that encapsulates deeper feelings of thoughtfulness with the promise of something sunny and friendly.

A message of happiness supported by fortitude, the combination of PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating is aspirational and gives us hope. We need to feel that everything is going to get brighter – this is essential to the human spirit."

I think this combination of colors would actually look good in some skins, especially a Curtains or CursorFX theme. What do you think about these colors for use in themes?

Welcome to 2021! I think we're going to have an exciting year here on WinCustomize, so let's take a look at some of the first skins to hit the galleries this year.

Fishing Fever by Gemmee

Emoji by LightStar

Nothing but Snow by WC_Bot

Forest Stream by Richard Mohler

On behalf of the teams at WinCustomize and Stardock, we'd like to wish our fantastic community a Happy New Year!

2020 has been an.....interesting......year, so let's look forward to 2021 and make it a great one!

Do you have any New Year plans?