DeskOrg help articles

Help for DeskOrg, the free Windows desktop organizer: installing it, tidying your desktop with one click, finding moved files, editing rules, automation and uninstalling.

Install and the Windows warning
Organize Now
Find moved files
Edit rules
Smart Automation
Uninstall

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Change Which Folder a File Type Goes To (DeskOrg Rules)

Edit DeskOrg’s rules in Notepad: send a file type to a different folder, add a new category, protect a type, and fix a rules file that stopped working.

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DeskOrg Smart Automation: File New Desktop Items Automatically

Turn on DeskOrg Smart Automation so new desktop files are filed by themselves, check that it is running, pause it, or remove it.

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How to Install DeskOrg, and the “Windows Protected Your PC” Message

Download and install DeskOrg on Windows step by step, and what to do about SmartScreen, the Yes/No prompt, antivirus and admin messages.

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How to Uninstall DeskOrg (Your Folders Stay)

Remove DeskOrg from Windows cleanly: turn off automation, uninstall from Settings, and what happens to the folders and files it created.

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Tidy Your Desktop With One Click: DeskOrg “Organize Now”

How to sort your Windows desktop with DeskOrg’s Organize Now button, what happens to each file, and how long it takes.

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What Is DeskOrg? A Free Desktop Organizer for Windows

DeskOrg sorts the files on your Windows desktop into tidy folders with one click or automatically. What it does, what it never touches and who it is for.

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