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SpringDesk

Clear glass boxes for your Windows 11 desktop.

Website: springdesk.app · Trailer on YouTube · Microsoft Store

The desktop organizer made for Windows 11: icons in clear glass boxes, new files that put themselves away, Space to look inside, type on the desktop to find anything. One-time purchase in the Microsoft Store, 7-day free trial, no subscription.

中文说明

SpringDesk

Features

  • Boxes: create, rename, move and resize; the arrow on the title bar rolls a box up to just its title
  • Tabs: several groups of icons in one box — drop a box onto another box's title bar to merge them
  • Folder boxes: a box that shows a folder, such as Downloads
  • Sorted for you: on first run your desktop is sorted by type into apps, files, folders and downloads; anything unclear goes to the Inbox. New files on the desktop find their place automatically
  • Desktop search: click the desktop or a box and just type, or press Ctrl+Alt+Space anytime
  • Quick Look: select an icon and press Space to see pictures, videos, music, text and PDFs without opening them; other files show their details. The arrow keys move to the next one
  • Light and dark: follows Windows, or pick one in Settings → Appearance
  • Settings: theme and opacity, the sorting box, layout lock, daily layout backups

In English, or in Chinese on Chinese Windows (Settings → General → Language).

Install

  1. Get SpringDesk from the Microsoft Store (free 7-day trial).
  2. SpringDesk opens and sorts your desktop. It starts with Windows from then on.

Had the free version from GitHub? Open the Store version once: your boxes come along, and it asks you to uninstall the GitHub copy.

Requires Windows 11. If another desktop organizer is running, quit it first.

Choosing a desktop organizer

Updates

Automatic, through the Microsoft Store. Latest: 1.5.5 (October 23, 2026). What changed in each version: springdesk.app/changelog.

Uninstall

Windows Settings → Apps → Installed apps → SpringDesk → Uninstall. Your files stay where they are, and Windows' own desktop icons come back.

FAQ

Does SpringDesk move my files? No. It only shows them in boxes; they stay in your Desktop folder. After uninstalling, your desktop is as it was.

Want Windows' own desktop back for a while? Right-click the tray icon and untick "Use SpringDesk" (also in Settings → General → Desktop). The desktop switches to Windows' own icons at once; SpringDesk keeps running with your boxes and layout, and comes back when you tick it again.

My security software (360, Huorong…) shows a warning. Typing on the desktop to search needs to receive keystrokes, which some security software flags. Allow it, or turn the feature off in Settings → General.

Something went wrong. Settings → About → Export diagnostics, and send me the zip: email [email protected] or open an issue. It holds logs and your layout, with file names but no file contents.


中文说明

专为 Windows 11 打造的桌面整理工具:桌面图标收进一块块透明玻璃分区,新文件自己归位,按空格就能看,打字就能找。

能做什么

  • 分区:新建、改名、拖动、调整大小;标题栏右边的箭头可以把分区卷起来,只留标题栏
  • 标签页:一个分区里放几组图标;把一个分区拖到另一个分区的标题栏上,就合并成标签页
  • 文件夹门户:分区里直接显示某个文件夹(比如"下载")的内容
  • 自动整理:第一次使用时按类型分好"软件 / 文件 / 文件夹 / 下载",分不清的放进"临时分区";以后桌面上的新文件也会自动归位
  • 桌面搜索:点一下桌面或分区后直接打字就能搜,中文打拼音,全拼或首字母都行(比如 weixin 或 wx 找到微信);也可以随时按 Ctrl+Alt+空格
  • 空格预览:选中图标按空格,不用打开就能看图片、视频、音乐、文本和 PDF;其他文件显示信息。方向键看下一个
  • 浅色和深色:跟随 Windows,也可以在 设置 → 外观 里选
  • 设置:主题和不透明度、收纳门户、锁定分区、每天自动备份布局
  • 中英文界面:跟随 Windows 的显示语言,也可以在 设置 → 通用 → 语言 里改

安装

  1. 到 微软商店 安装 SpringDesk(可以免费试用 7 天)。
  2. 装好后 SpringDesk 会自动打开,把桌面上的东西按类型整理好,以后开机自动启动。

以前装过 GitHub 上的免费版?打开一次商店版,分区会原样接过来,并提醒你卸载 GitHub 版。

需要 Windows 11。如果在用别的桌面整理工具,请先把它退出。

更新

自动的,由微软商店更新。

卸载

Windows 设置 → 应用 → 已安装的应用 → SpringDesk → 卸载。桌面上的文件不会动,Windows 自己的桌面图标会恢复显示。

常见问题

桌面上的文件会被移走吗? 不会。SpringDesk 只是把它们显示在分区里,文件一直在原来的桌面文件夹里。卸载后桌面和原来一样。

想暂时用回 Windows 自带的桌面? 右键托盘图标,取消勾选"启用 SpringDesk"(设置 → 通用 → 桌面 里也有)。桌面马上换回 Windows 自己的图标,SpringDesk 不退出,分区和布局都保留,再勾上就回来。

安全软件(360、火绒等)弹出提示? "在桌面上打字就搜索"需要接收键盘输入,有的安全软件会提示,选择允许就行。不想用这个功能的话,可以在 设置 → 通用 里关掉。

遇到问题怎么办? 设置 → 关于 → 导出诊断信息,把生成的压缩包发给我:发邮件到 [email protected],或在 GitHub 提 issue。里面是日志和分区布局,有桌面上的文件名,没有文件内容。

更新日志

见 springdesk.app/changelog(英文),或商店页的"此版本中的新增功能"。

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