DesktopIconToggle

In an attempt to provide support for as many types of workflows as possible, operating systems have exponentially increased in complexity throughout the past two decades. As a result, users are met with the opportunity of organizing their files in any way they like, which is where DesktopIconToggle comes into play.

Despite their aforementioned complexity, OSes can sometimes still end up lacking certain features that a smaller part of the user base would deem useful or even pivotal to their workflows, due to developers having to prioritize functionalities based on their popularity, alongside limited time and resources.

Luckily, a considerable percentage of the operating system’s core can be augmented by third-party programs to fill the feature gaps in a non-intrusive, safe and modular manner, based on each individual user’s needs, and the app at hand is no exception in this particular case.

In an age where information can be shared with unprecedented levels of ease, those who wish to livestream their gameplay sessions of older titles that work exclusively in windowed mode can easily hide the desktop icons while the program is running in the background by double-clicking an empty area.

This not only reveals the desktop wallpaper in all its splendor and maintains the streamer’s privacy, but it also lets them avoid rearranging their shortcuts every single time they broadcast content. The app may come in handy when recording tutorials by screen-capturing the desktop.

If you happen to share troubleshooting tutorials in video format, gameplay sessions or receive support from IT specialists via remote control applications, then DesktopIconToggle may be the right tool for the job, considering its ease of use and non-intrusive modus operandi alongside the openly available source code.