Adding a Chrome shortcut to the Windows 8.1 desktop enables you to bypass the Start screen and launch Chrome directly from the desktop. Microsoft makes creating such shortcuts effortless in File ...

One of the oldest and most used features on Windows is the ability to create shortcuts to files and programs stored on your PC. Creating a shortcut is not the same thing as moving the program or file ...

You can change nearly any desktop icon on both Mac and PC. To change desktop icons on a Mac, open the "Get Info" menu and paste in the picture you want to use. On a PC you'll need to make a .ICO file, ...

Ever since we started controlling our computers with a mouse, icons have been central to our operating systems. By clicking on small, simple images representing a folder, trash can, or magnifying ...

A desktop overloaded with shortcuts and a taskbar filled with pinned apps can make your desktop look messy and harder to navigate. Fortunately, Windows offers plenty of customization options to make ...

The need to customize our workspace—to enliven it and make it our own—extends well beyond colorless cubicles and dreary desks; we also feel compelled to customize our digital workspaces. Mac users ...

Then I discovered Fences, and everything changed. It’s a desktop organization tool that makes it ridiculously easy to group ...