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September 6, 2021 by Island Dog
September is finally here, and we are just weeks away from the official start of fall! With a new month brings a new opportunity to show off the skins and themes you are using on your desktop. Take a screenshot and post to our desktop screenshot thread and let us know what themes you are using this month. Post your desktops to the monthly thread here:  https://forums.wincustomize.com/506729/ (This is a news thread and will be locked. Screenshot taken by JanOscar)
August 23, 2021 by Island Dog
One of my favorite things about using animated wallpapers with  DeskScapes is the relaxing scenes I can have right on my Windows desktop. My personal favorite types are the triggered .dreams that change on the time of day, and animated wallpapers with very subtle animations. A quick example would be snow slowly falling on a winter scene, or subtle movement of water that doesn't distract you from anything. The best thing is we have a ton of those types of animated wallpapers here on Wi...
August 17, 2021 by Island Dog
We're just over a month away until the fall/autumn season arrives, and I am so ready for some hopefully cooler weather. Fall is a wonderful time to base some desktop themes on as we have many types of skins that fit perfectly with the season. We have an excellent selection of wallpapers , WindowBlinds skins, animated wallpapers for DeskScapes , and much more to choose from! We'll be featuring plenty of themes over the next few weeks, but here are some of our favorites to get started with...
August 10, 2021 by Island Dog
Stardock Restores Classic Start Menu in Windows 11 Beta version of Start11 is live today   Stardock announced  Start11 , a program that allows users to customize the Windows Start menu. As with previous editions of the StartX products, Start11 allows users to restore the Start menu to appears as it does in previous versions of Windows as well as customize it to their liking. The beta version is now availab...
July 22, 2021 by Island Dog
Major Version Update for Fences Now Available Stardock  released  a major update to  Fences , its popular Windows desktop organization software , today .  Fences  creates a one-of-a-kind experience for users by automatically organizing their Windows desktop shortcuts and icons in shaded areas, offering a clutter-free workspace for creating.    Fences tucks files and folders away in plain sight with designated portals while also...
July 19, 2021 by Island Dog
Major Version Update for Fences Coming on July 22nd Stardock announced a July 22nd release for a major update to Fences, its popular Windows desktop organization software. Fences creates a one-of-a-kind experience for users by automatically organizing their Windows desktop shortcuts and icons in shaded areas, offering a clutter-free workspace for creating.   Fences tucks files and folders away in plain sight with designated portals while also provi...
July 14, 2021 by Island Dog
DeskScapes is Now Available in Steam Early Access Stardock’s popular desktop background management application brings animated background creation, cloud wallpaper library integration, and more to Windows Users Join Early Access on Steam Stardock  released  their popular desktop management application,  DeskScapes ,  into Early Access on Steam today.  DeskScapes  brings a host of desktop background features to Wind...
July 12, 2021 by Island Dog
We are back from break and hope that everyone who celebrates July 4th had a fun and productive holiday. It seems like summer is halfway through, and it's certainly been a hot one so far! Danioc has been remarkably busy over the past couple of weeks creating some new Curtains themes to share on WinCustomize! I wanted to take a few minutes and share what he's been working on. Check out these and more in the Curtains gallery here . Alpha 7   Eleven &...
July 5, 2021 by Island Dog
We hope you had a fun holiday weekend, and July continues to be a hot one! We love seeing your summer inspired desktop screenshots, so be sure to share with us what skins and themes you are using! Post your desktops to the monthly thread here:  https://forums.wincustomize.com/505719/ (This is a news thread and will be locked. Screenshot taken by DrJBHL)  
June 21, 2021 by Island Dog
Galactic Civilizations IV was recently announced and is the newest installment of its award-winning space 4X strategy sandbox game series takes the best of what its predecessors had to offer and adds to it with many new and exciting features. As the all-powerful leader of a spacefaring civilization, the player must seek out new star systems and discover the exciting potential of the subspace realm.  Learn more about the game here:  https://www.galciv4.com/ To help celebrate...
June 14, 2021 by Island Dog
The WindowBlinds gallery has been updated with quite a few new and updated skins from some of our talented community skinners lately! I wanted to feature some of them in the news this week in case you might have missed them. Download these and see many more in the WindowBlinds gallery here . 7 for 10   Windows Zero   Simple Gray   50s Style  
June 7, 2021 by Island Dog
As we close in on the first days of summer, it's always fun to pick and feature some of our favorite wallpapers that you can use on your desktop. Of course, there's no reason you can't download these and use them on your various mobile devices as well! Here are five of our favorite summer wallpapers! Seaside Relaxation   Canopy on the Beach   Rolling Wave   Tropical Beach from Above   Summer Countryside ...
May 24, 2021 by Island Dog
We are less than a month away from the official start of summer, and we've been talking about it over the past few weeks here. Last week, we looked at some animated wallpapers for you beach lovers, and today we'll look at some WindowBlinds skins for that same summer theme. If you have a favorite skin that you use for summer, let us know in the comments below and be sure to post them in our monthly desktop screenshot thread here . Beach   Summer Green ...
May 11, 2021 by Island Dog
It seems like not long ago we were posting this similar article about spring. Well summer arrives in a little over a month, and I think it's going to be a hot one. Summer is a fun season to skin as there are a variety of WindowBlinds skins, animated wallpapers for DeskScapes , CursorFX themes and more you can use! There are also plenty of landscape wallpapers to have your desktop feel like it's on a tropical vacation. We'll be showing off and featuring more summer inspired skins soon,...
May 3, 2021 by Island Dog
It's May and that means it's time for another monthly desktop screenshot thread in the forums! Are you getting a summer desktop ready yet, or sticking with more of a spring theme? Let us know and post your desktop in the forum and lets us know what skins you are using! Post your desktops to the monthly thread here:  https://forums.wincustomize.com/504755/ (This is a news thread and will be locked. Screenshot taken by 2of3)