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Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 4, 2013 at 10:21 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
>This is probably old news for most of you but I finally discovered
>Fences for organising desktop icons, which is proving to be a neat (and
>free) utility:
>http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/
Well, Fences is no longer free… The upside of CRIMPing is that as an early adopter you do end up with a lot of free stuff, which later becomes paid-for…
Not having bothered reading the documentation for it I have only just discovered a fab writing-related feature of Fences: if you double-click anywhere on the screen (assuming that function is not used by another app such as DOpus or Direct Folders), it hides all desktop icons, creating a distraction-free writing environment (assuming your writing tool is not too loud).
Posted by Cassius
Jan 4, 2013 at 10:34 PM
Dr Andus or any of your fine folk:
Will Fences keep icons in one place? When I change the resolution on my 11” laptop screen and then change back many of the icons on the right side of the screen get rearranged. In DOS days, I had a program that froze desktop icons in place, but that was eons ago.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 4, 2013 at 11:24 PM
Cassius wrote:
>Will Fences keep icons in one place? When I change the resolution on my
>11” laptop screen and then change back many of the icons on the right
>side of the screen get rearranged. In DOS days, I had a program that
>froze desktop icons in place, but that was eons ago.
The answer is yes (at least on my Win7 system). At the lower resolution the “fences” might look a bit crowded, but when you switch back, everything goes back into its place.
BTW, with the double-click trick you can also exclude individual icons from the “quick-hide” feature, so you can have two versions of your desktop and alternate between them by double-clicking.
Posted by Dr Andus
Mar 8, 2013 at 09:55 AM
Cassius wrote:
Dr Andus or any of your fine folk:
>Will Fences keep icons in one place? When I change the resolution on my
>11” laptop screen and then change back many of the icons on the right
>side of the screen get rearranged.
I have just swapped my monitors around (using extended desktop in Win7), and interestingly my Fences stayed in the same formation and in the same monitor, even though it’s now Display 2 instead of Display 1. I like this behaviour because obviously the whole point of Fences is to fix the icons in place (in groups), so their place can be remembered.