Filed under: OS Updates, Utilities, Windows, Freeware, Windows x64
Stardock Fences adds KDE 4 style desktop organization to Windows
by Lee Mathews Feb 5th 2009 at 4:00PM
Fences add KDE4-style containers to your desktop into which you can drop shortcuts and files. As you would expect from a Stardock app, the aesthetics of Fences are nice out of the box and can be highly customized.
On first launch, you can choose to let Fences attempt to automatically corral your icons or go straight to work manually settings things up. The no-fuss option worked well on my desktop, grouping files, folders, and shortcuts in their own containers.
Once you have things sorted out to your liking, you can take a snapshot of your setup to easily switch between configurations. You can also lock your fences to prevent organizational mishaps. For a clear look at your desktop, a double click will hide everything - unless you have a container excluded from hiding.
Fences is currently free until August as a preview, and runs on both 32 and 64-bit Windows.
To see some more screens, view the gallery after the break!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
blogward said 5:24PM on 2-05-2009
Time-limited. What do they think it is, Windows 7? And some of us haven't forgotten MyColors.
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JeffB said 6:17PM on 2-05-2009
Just to clerify on intentions, Fences will still be free after August, there will just be a Pro version available then as well with additional features on top of what's already free. Enjoy!
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supernova_hq said 8:37PM on 2-05-2009
Or you could just run full fledged KDE4 in windows!
http://windows.kde.org/
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Jash Sayani said 1:54AM on 2-06-2009
Great app! Makes the taskbar useful.
Its more like Win 7 jump-lists or Stacks...
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dsgfsdfdsf said 5:55AM on 2-06-2009
I used to do something similar using ActiveDesktop under Windows XP, unfortunately Microsoft has killed ActiveDesktop in Vista. Will give this a try.
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ilanashlo said 12:46AM on 2-08-2009
Hi,
I Have used in the past several Stardock applications, and enjoyed them.
With Fences, It seemed at first a very efficient and nice application, But the moment I was through with the Fences Instalation - The Computer got very heavy and slow, and finally - got stuck !
I am not sure about the reason to this Phenomena, But with all the disappointment - I finally had to give it up and Uninstall it !
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Abscissa said 2:28PM on 2-07-2009
Maybe I just don't understand this, but is there some use for this that isn't already covered by just simply adding organizational folders to your desktop?
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Pariah Burke said 8:43PM on 2-07-2009
Unfortunately, like many other Stardock products, Fences doesn't do multiple monitors.
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Ramas (tikra.info) said 11:13AM on 2-08-2009
"Fences is free and will remain free ; we hope to have a Pro version with even more features available later this year."
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pr0vider said 8:52AM on 2-09-2009
How much RAM does this sucka use??
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quezadaalexis said 10:00PM on 3-28-2009
how do i get the fences im just trying and trying and i still cant get it.
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