StarDock Fences 3.09

A tool for organizing your desktop items with minimum effort
4.5 
Rating
Your vote:
Latest version:
5.0.4.1 See all
Screenshots
1 / 5
Awards (2)
Show all awards
Software Informer Editor Rating 4
Download

StarDock Fences is a Windows utility created for users who wish to boost up their productivity. With its help, you can easily organize your desktop items and immediately get the clean, well-ordered screen you need. This tool might prove to be of good use to people who need to quickly start capturing their screen activity and don't want their overly cluttered desktop to be a part of their recording.

The program is capable of automatically organizing your desktop items into different "fences", based on their file extension. For example, it creates separate "fences" for directories, documents, and applications.

You can also create your own "fences". Simply draw a rectangle with your mouse on an empty desktop area and click the "Create fence here" option. Afterwards, you can start using drag-and-drop actions to add content to the group, customize the appearance of the "fence", and sort the included files, apps or folder anyway you like.

The application provides you with a quick way to hide and reveal desktop items (double click over an empty desktop area), various sorting options for organizing the content from your "fences", etc.

The only thing I'd add to this program would be an integrated help guide. Even though several useful instructions are available within the app's interface, it's pretty difficult to keep track where's the info you need. A built-in help manual, with a search feature, might prove to be of good use. I had to figure out myself how to reveal the main window of the application (right-click over an empty desktop area and select the "Configure Fences" option), move "fences" between screens, etc.

Briefly, StarDock Fences is a useful and efficient program that helps you keep your desktop organized. It's feature-rich, works 100%, and is affordable. So, I can't find any reason why you shouldn't give it a try.

AG Senior editor
Ashley Griggs
Editor rating:
rating

Review summary

Pros

  • Provides you with multiple sorting options
  • Supports drag-and-drop actions
  • Offers you a quick and simple way to hide desktop items
  • Multi-monitor support

Cons

  • Lacks a built-in help manual

Comments (1)

4.5
Rating
29 votes
5 stars
20
4 stars
6
3 stars
0
2 stars
0
1 stars
2
User

Your vote:

M
Michael Rinus
Fences is a great tool not only for organizing your desktop but also for focusing on some really important items on the desktop by a simple double-click.

Was it helpful?  yes(1) no(1) | Reply

Related software

Stardock Start10
Stardock Start10
rating

Change the appearance of Windows Start menu to resemble the one in Windows 7.

Stardock MyColors
Stardock MyColors
Free
rating

Stardock MyColors applies special effects and gives your Windows a new look.

Fences Pro
Fences Pro
rating

Keep your desktop organized and clean

WinSplit Revolution
WinSplit Revolution
Free
rating

It's a neat, handy and effective tool to organize the opened windows.

XWindows Dock
XWindows Dock
Free
rating

Reflections, shadows and other dock elements look awesome and stunning.

Tags

Desktop enhancement Group desktop icons Sort desktop items Hide desktop items Desktop items Resize icons Clean desktop Organize desktop Desktop Icons