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How to Set Windows 8 to Always Open Images on Desktop

In Windows 7 when we double click on any picture it will be opened and shown in Windows Photo Viewer, default photo viewing program, things changed in Windows 8 -Photos app made as default program which shows photos by default in full... More of this article »
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Stardock Fences No longer Free, Do You Purchase Fences 2.0?

Fences, free desktop customization tool from Stardock, which lets you clear clutter of desktop icons by organizing same file type icons of programs, docs, folders into separate groups is no longer freeware with Fences 2.0 version release... More of this article »

Windows 8 Chrome Uses Same Profile for Desktop and Metro

When Google released initial version of Chrome for Windows 8 we reviewed the comparison between metro Chrome and desktop Chrome we did noted that both versions don’t share add-ons, theme as if they’ve different profiles for Metro... More of this article »
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Desktop Firefox to get Reader Mode of Mobile’s

Back in June 2010, Apple released Safari 5 browser with Reader feature which lets you view pages on blogs in a clutter-free view without ads and menus. Your Online reading experience will be enhanced with Safari Reader, Mozilla recently... More of this article »
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Updated Start8 Automatically loads Windows 8 Desktop after Login

Recently we’ve covered about program update of Classic Shell which boots directly to Windows 8 desktop, another app Start8 from Stardock corporation which claims to bring start menu to Windows 8 has been updated today, this program... More of this article »
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Classic Shell Now Skips The Metro Screen on Startup and Boots You Directly on to Windows 8 Desktop

Two annoyances in Windows 8 are Metro Start screen and user will be taken to start screen instead of desktop after startup, there are freeware third-party apps on net which disables metro start screen and enables conventional start... More of this article »
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Bing Desktop Automatically Sets Daily Homepage Image from Bing as Windows 7 Desktop Background

I like Bing for the beautiful image it features on its homepage every day, I don’t use it for search. There are third-party apps like Bing Rounder which grabs the daily image featured on Bing homepage and sets as desktop background.... More of this article »
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Backround Cycler Loads A New Wallpaper on Desktop From Specified Folder After Set Interval of Time

There are many wallpaper changer programs available on the internet those lets you cycle wallpapers if you feel monotonous with same background on your Windows 7 desktop, where Backround Cycler is a freeware app that loads a new wallpaper... More of this article »
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Arrange Your Desktop: Get A Clean Desktop without Clutter

If you don’t organize your desktop it can be cluttered with folders and applications icons which is harder for you to manually organize, this is where Arrange your Desktop freeware app comes in, it arranges all your files of same... More of this article »
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Enhance Your Desktop Looks with Smart Desktop


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Smart Desktop is a freeware  app lets you customize windows desktop and offers to access websites related to different categories, wallpapers, videos from single place. This app offers various tabs like Home, Video Web links and wallpapers. Using... More of this article »
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DreamScene XP : Set Video As a Desktop Background in Windows XP

We’ve recently covered about DreamScene Seven which allows to set the Video as wallpaper in Windows 7 (which of course is Vista’s DreamScene feature) if you want to bring the DreamScene feature to XP DreamScene XP free utility... More of this article »
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Enable Desktop Notifications for Your Gmail Account

You no longer need to rely on the extensions to get desktop notifications for Gmail, as Gmail now it self offers HTML5 desktop notifications which display pop-ups whenever a chat message or new email arrives. Currently Google Chrome... More of this article »
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Magic Desktop, Beautifies Your Desktop With Themes

Magic Desktop is a theme Manager with which you can able to download and manage themes, apply visual styles, icons, wallpapers, etc. from one interface. Magic Desktop with build-in online store offers various themes which you can download... More of this article »
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Tweetbookr : Access Twitter, Facebook and Flickr Accounts from Your Desktop

Tweetbookr is Adobe AIR based application allows to connect to Twitter, Facebook and Flickr accounts directly from your desktop. With Tweetbookr you no longer need to trawl through three different social sites such as Facebook, Twitter... More of this article »
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Customize Your Desktop using SE-DesktopConstructor

Windows 7 by offers mini programs called gadgets which you can place on desktop like Clock, calendar and other gadgets that beautifies your Windows desktop, if you are not using gadgets or not having Windows 7  you can use SE-DesktopConstructor... More of this article »
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Bingrounder Grabs and Sets Image of the Day from Bing as your Desktop Background

We’ve recently covered Bing Image of the day desktop gadget a tiny gadget shows Bing image of the day along with Bing search box, Bingrounder a free app automatically grabs image of the day from Bing homepage and sets  as your... More of this article »
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My Cool Desktop Turns All Desktop Icons into Cool Shapes

Want to show your friend your desktop with cool look you can try various themes and wallpapers for sure, but you can try My Cool Desktop free app which turns desktop icons layout into various shapes such as Cube, Triangle, Square and... More of this article »
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Create Desktop Shortcuts for Chrome Web Apps

With Chrome Web Store availability you can able to install apps, themes and extensions for your Google Chrome browser,  installed apps icons appear on the New Tab Page. We’ve covered how to enable default web apps in Chrome... More of this article »