Desktop Fences+ AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Shell Extensions

The best Shell Extension 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 Shell Extensions so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Shell Extension alternatives to Desktop Fences+ are Nimi Places and Folderview Screenlet.

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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. Folderview Screenlet icon

    Folderview Screenlet

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    Folderview Screenlet is a Linux alternative to Fences (which is for Windows).

    13 Folderview Screenlet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Screenlets
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    • Folderview Screenlet is the most popular Linux alternative to Desktop Fences+.

    • Folderview Screenlet is Free and ProprietaryDesktop Fences+ is Free and Open Source
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