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by Gina Trapani Click to view You've gotten into the habit of stowing away information into text files. But how do you make sure your todo.txt doesn't languish in the dark depths of your hard drive, untouched?
Windows only: The free Emerge Alternative Desktop Shell replaces Windows' taskbar, Start menu, and right-click context menu with a super-minimalistic version. In short, Emerge leaves you with essentially an empty desktop, a clean slate for some killer customizations.
Click to view It's crazy to think that an operating system can fit every user's needs out of the box, even if we are just talking about looks. Luckily, if you're not keen on the cookie-cutter appearance of your OS, we've covered a handful of great tools for tweaking every last pixel of your desktop so it looks and acts just how you want.
When we highlighted reader Kaelri 's customized Windows XP desktop , pictured above, it drew oohs and ahhs from everyone looking to spruce up their Windows installation.