Top 15 Desktop Restore Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

It records the layout and positions of icons and programs on the Windows Desktop, and permits restoration of the layout. It appears to operate correctly under Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. There have been several reports that it works correctly under Windows Vista as well.I wrote this program after severe frustration of having my layout trashed every time I switched screen resolutions. Sometimes other programs will switch screen size and trash your layout as well. This program is an answer to this problem. ...

1. VeBest Icon Groups

VeBest Icon Groups VeBest Icon Groups is a powerful, but easy to use and rich in animation utility. VeBest Icon Groups is a software, intended for just creative and occupied people who extremely value every spare minute and who don't want to search for the icon to launch the desired software or open......

2. Folderview Screenlet

Folderview Screenlet Folderview Screenlet is a Linux alternative to Fences (which is for Windows).You can create fences on your desktop just like the original Fences software. You can also change the size and move your icons all over the desktop or hide everything on the desktop with a double click.......

3. DesktopOK

DesktopOK Saves and restores the positions of desktop shortcuts. DesktopOK is a small but effective Freeware solution for users who play games with fixed resolutions, which can unintentionally rearrange your Windows desktop. DesktopOK is portable, does not have to be installed and can be executed easily from the desktop. Desktop-Autosave with......

4. Actual Window Manager

Actual Window Manager Actual Window Manager is 13 tools in 1. You can add new buttons to any windows title bar, add transparency effect to any window, minimize any window to tray or to any edge of the desktop, automatically close annoying windows and much more.......

5. Nerdtool

Nerdtool Nerdtool allows you to display many things directly on top of your desktop; weather reports, headline news, and system vitals are just a few uses.Nerdtool is capable of displaying shell outputs with ANSI escaped formatting, but can also manipulate the final output's colors, size, and font. If more intricacy is......

6. menuApp

menuApp menuApp is an application which allows you to configure menus and use them to launch your favourite programs, music files, documents, websites, etc.It's fast, doesn't hog a lot of resource and is easy to setup and use (so long as you can handle a text editor).What's more, it doesn't drop......

7. QuickTile

QuickTile A lightweight utility for allowing you to quickly snap windows to a tiling grid under your existing Linux window manager. Can be triggered via keyboard shortcuts, the command line, or D-Bus calls.......

8. Iconoid

Iconoid Iconoid is a Windows desktop icon manager. Features* Save and restore icon positions * Remove or color icon text background * Select any color for icon text * Automatically hide icons * Works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista,and Windows 7.......

9. ContextConsole Shell Extension

ContextConsole Shell Extension The ContextConsole Shell Extension adds an "Open Command Prompt" menu item to the context menus (right-click menus) in Windows Explorer so that you can open a command prompt in the selected directory (or directories) or in the current directory that you are viewing.......

10. DesktopShelves

DesktopShelves DesktopShelves helps you fight the clutter on your desktop by organizing files on shelves. A shelf the size of 5 icons holds 20 files."Thank you for a solid product, that I believe has the potential to be a STANDARD for every Mac owner!!" —Dom"Very handy way to tidy up the......

11. Ghost-It

Ghost-It Adjust the transparency of your active and inactive windows, taskbar, and desktop with this small application, which suffers from a minor performance glitch. Ghost-It places an icon on your system tray, with options to independently configure the transparency levels of your active window and inactive windows. It comes with a......

12. CursorFX

CursorFX Stardock CursorFX is a program that lets you use and create incredibly cool looking Windows mouse cursors.......

13. Elokab

Elokab Elokab Desktop Environment is an open-source independent desktop environment for Linux which uses QT libraries like KDE .......

14. VDesktop

VDesktop VDesktop is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows desktop. VDesktop supports Windows 7, 8, 10.How to use: Use WMV files with vDesktop to apply animated video wallpapers to your desktop.Note: WMV files with WMV3 codec.Premium Features+ Low CPU usage: It is designed for continuous......

15. FCorp My Desktop

FCorp My Desktop Customize your PC Logon Screen, Auto change your Wallpaper and capture your desktop screenshot.......