Desktop Fences+ AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Managers

The best File Manager alternative to Desktop Fences+ is Portals: Desktop Organization, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Desktop Fences+ and three of them are File Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Manager alternatives to Desktop Fences+ are Nimi Places and WFolder.

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  1. Portals: Desktop Organization icon

    Portals: Desktop Organization

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    Create containers (aka Portals) on your desktop which show the contents of a specified folder. Divide your desktop into folders then use Portals to display the contents of the folders in an organized fashion - you can even hide the folders away somewhere else.

    19 Portals: Desktop Organization alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Portals: Desktop Organization is the most popular Windows alternative to Desktop Fences+.

    • Portals: Desktop Organization is the most popular free alternative to Desktop Fences+.

    • Portals: Desktop Organization is Free and ProprietaryDesktop Fences+ is Free and Open Source
    • Portals: Desktop Organization is CustomizableDesktop Fences+ is not according to our users
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    Nimi Places

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    Organizes desktop into customizable containers showing folder contents as icons/thumbnails on a scrollable surface. Has lots of management features: e.g. labelling; sort by category; time & location based settings. Thumbnails are displayed for supported Open Documents, PSD images & PDFs.

    23 Nimi Places alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. WFolder icon

    WFolder

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    Windows application for creating widgets, which can be linked to folders (except the Recycle Bin), creating notes (WNotes), or creating shortcut containers (WLinks). From within the widgets, you can interact with files and other folders.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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