5 Best Desktop Customization Tools for Clean and Clutter-Free Windows

Cleanliness is next to godliness, but not everyone loves to clean, especially when you want to dedicate every minute of your time on other things, like improving your skills as a freelance writer or designer, or earning more income in your daily jobs. But if you spend most of your time in front of your computer and you see a cluttered desktop, it will just overwhelm you and eventually put you into trouble when you search for important files among the clutter. We’re all a victim to this, and that’s why I want to dedicate this post to help you organize your desktop effectively.

Here are some of the best desktop customization tools for cleaner Windows, each with their own unique features to help you organize your Windows desktop; with the aim to make your desktop clutter-free, and to help you search your files easier. With these tools, I guarantee that you’ll become passionate on desktop customization.

Happy customizing and organizing!

 

Launchy

Launchy

Launchy isn’t really a desktop customization tool, but it guarantees you instant access to anything you want in your Windows, especially when you gave up on organizing your “artistically cluttered” desktop. This tool is very easy and intuitive to use, but it’s better to use it 30 to 60 minutes after installation, because it needs to create the search catalog first.

To run this application, simply press on ALT + SPACE, then type the name of the software file or folder you want to search for, and Launchy will display the search results. And, if you’re an advanced user, you can also use this tool to execute commands, as it can search general executable files. However, if it fails to do so, you can manually add the file catalog by clicking on the gear-like icon on its interface, accessing to “Catalog”, clicking on the “+“ button to add a directory path, and pressing “OK”, then “Rescan Catalog”.

You can also include other file types by tweaking on the settings in the same settings window. With all these functionalities, you can just put all your files and folders from the desktop to the folders located anywhere in your Windows, and grab them through Launchy anytime you need them.

 

Rainmeter

Rainmeter

You just can’t imagine how this 1.3MB software can turn your desktop into something entirely epic.

Rainmeter is a full-fledged desktop customization tool that lets you customize almost every part of your Windows desktop, along with its extra widgets. This software is quite popular in the design community because of its flexibility, user-friendliness, and its beautiful pre-designed skins. It has a clean and nice-looking user interface with lots of customization options. Besides its original skin, you can also search through the Web to download Rainmeter skins for more choices of appearance and widgets, and if you invest more time on learning its advanced customization options, the possibilities are endless!

 

Stick

Stick

Stick organizes your Windows desktop by using the tab concept. It has 3 types of tabs: Navigator, Notes, and News Feed. We already know how Notes and News Feeds work, but Navigator is quite interesting, because, while it can be used to navigate your existing folders, it can also serve as a web browser.

What’s great about this application is that, once you’re finished reading or navigating the content, you can just click on the tab and it will hide the content without closing it; with the tab sticking on top of your desktop. With this, you can view the tab whenever you want in just a click. Just imagine the space you can save up by creating a folder directory within the tab, or the time you can save from searching content in your PC!

 

Tiles

Tiles

This tool allows you to view and manage your apps simply by looking at the edge of your screen. But there’s more. You can also drag any software, file or folder you often use or open into its Windows 8-like sidebar. You can also click and swipe through the pages to view a different set of icons, or to navigate the software that you’re currently using.

You can customize the program’s location, size, and even its behavior. You’ll definitely have fun exploring and tweaking its settings, and you’ll soon discover that a feature-rich sidebar like this is all you need to keep your desktop free from unnecessary clutter!

 

Emerge Desktop

Emerge Desktop

Can’t organize your desktop? How about restricting the ability to put anything on your desktop? Emerge Desktop will be your personal disciplinarian.

Following the reboot, this desktop customization tool will hide any icon on the desktop and take away the ability to place anything on it. With this, you’ll get a full-fledged context menu with a right click, and it will be your best companion, since the menu lets you access anywhere in your Windows.

Restricting icon placement on your desktop is just one of Emerge Desktop’s many features. In fact, it also comes with helpful applets, commands, and templates to boost your productivity.

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