One of the things I love about Stardock’s icon organizer, Fences, is the way the program can quickly hide all your desktop icons. Just double-click any empty area and poof: They’re gone. A second ...

In the November 2008 issue, page 105, I suggested ways to easily hide desktop shortcuts of confidential material. I suggested moving them off the desktop, out of sight to the Start menu, which only ...

16% of PC Gamer readers will just leave their OS desktop flooded with icons.

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 ...

Hiding apps on Windows can be useful for maintaining a clean and organized system, as well as for privacy reasons. Here are several methods to hide apps on Windows 10 and 11 without using any ...

The Recycle Bin is one of the most recognizable programs on your Windows 10 computer. It holds all your deleted files, and allows to restore them if you want to take them back. However, some people ...