{"id":47491,"date":"2014-02-11T17:28:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T17:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=47491"},"modified":"2014-02-11T17:28:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T17:28:19","slug":"desktopok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/desktopok\/","title":{"rendered":"DesktopOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h4>DesktopOK<\/h4>\n<p>By Barry Dysert  for Windows Tips<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">Note from PC Pitstop: We recently asked our TechTalk contributors to recommend a favorite FREE application or tool that they currently use. This post is the Windows Tips response to our request.<\/i><\/font>.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwareok.com\/?seite=Freeware\/DesktopOK\" target=\"_blank\">DesktopOK<\/a> is a nice little utility if you sometimes work with different screen resolutions (or otherwise have your desktop icons moved around on you). 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