WiseDesktop
WiseDesktop is an award-winning virtual desktop manager for Windows with user-friendly interface and useful features. WiseDesktop creates four virtual desktops and only one is visible at a time. So, when you switch desktops, all visible application windows just disappear from the screen and from... Also you can set custom wallpapers for each desktop, move application windows from one desktop to another by drag'n'drop, keep an application window on all desktops, close an application window from the WiseDesktop main window, change the order of applications on the Windows taskbar etc.
http://wisedesktop.com/download/WiseDesktop.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

Sib Icon Editor
Sib Icon Editor is your way for creating and editing PNG-packed Windows Vista icons; icons in either standard or custom sizes, in color depths up to 16 million colors; icons for Windows XP in 32-bit color depth with 8-bit alpha channel. It offers a professional level workshop for designing the... Besides, in Sib Icon Editor you will find some pleasant features that greatly widen the comfort of the program's use: ability to sort images inside icons and icons inside libraries, ability to customize Windows Desktop and folder icons.
http://www.sibcode.com/downloads/icon-editor.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

12Ghosts SaveLayout
Keep changes to your desktop icon layout once and forever. This is the final answer to the Windows desktop imperfection, keeping a strong backlog of icon layouts. Restore at resolution switching, or when the taskbar is moved. Transfer icon layout between Windows versions and PCs. ... Optional tray icon, hotkey, and command line options for automated backups. ... Comes with a one-click accessible desktop simulation tool, and a taskbar tray application launcher.
http://12Ghosts.com/download/12savelayout.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

ExeDesk, Professional Edition
The ExeDesk is a skinable (theme enabled) virtual desktop manager that replaces standard Windows desktop. There is up to nine desktops, each with its own user-defined content. Windows opened on each desktop can be simply moved to other desktop using drag & drop (or can be made sticky and thus... The program is fully customizable: User can select different color and wallpaper for each desktop, assign hotkeys to desktops, select from many types of objects to represent particular application (or file or WWW) shortcut.
http://www.pitrinec.com/exedesk_pro.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

ExeDesk, Standard Edition
The ExeDesk is a skinable (theme enabled) virtual desktop manager that replaces standard Windows desktop. There is up to nine desktops, each with its own user-defined content. Windows opened on each desktop can be simply moved to other desktop using drag & drop (or can be made sticky and thus... The program is fully customizable: User can select different color and wallpaper for each desktop, assign hotkeys to desktops, select from many types of objects to represent particular application (or file or WWW) shortcut.
http://www.pitrinec.com/exedesk_st.exe - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

IconArt
IconArt is a highly-compact icon & cursor creator. Icons are used to illustrate programs and files. One example are the shortcuts on your desktop. Cursors are used for mouse pointers. IconArt allows you to either draw the whole icon or cursor from scratch using all common tools or to import an... The layout is based on MS paint but has a large number of extra tools designed for the publication of both static & animated icons and cursors. ... It also comes compete with an update & enhance program and easy access to a simple reference guide.
http://www.conware-pro.com/products/ia/iconart.exe - 537Kb - Download - Screenshot

ICONStudio
ICONStudio 5. 0 is a powerful advanced Icon Maker & Cursor Creator and Extractor for the Personal Computer. ICONStudio 5. 0 allows you to create and edit 32 x 32 buddy icons as well as import and export Icons. You can create Cursors ias well. The program can create and edit icons with image... Create desktop icons and cursors for your PC as well ! ... You can export icon images to . ... The Interface is fully Windows based and designed for flexibilty and ease of use. ... Amaze your friends and family by customizing your desktop icons & cursors with your personal photos !
http://www.caltroxsoft.com/products/active-iconstudio.htm - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

AIconExtract
Did you realize that there are probably thousands of icons, cursors and bitmap resource images located on your computer? AIconExtract is a handy utility that allows you to extract the images for your own use. AIconExtract is a 32-bit utility that was designed to allow you to easily extract icon,... AIconExtract's side bar allows for you to hold selected icons for comparison and side by side viewing of icons across resources. ... ico (icon), . ... Rejuvenate the look of your desktop with the extracted icons, cursors and images.
http://www.bpsoftware.com/download/AICON.ZIP - 5Mb - Download - Screenshot

Enterra Icon Keeper Deluxe
Enterra Icon Keeper Deluxe is an elegant solution to the icons arrangement problem. With a large number of applications the user encounters a problem of their quick launch. The desktop is overloaded with all sorts of icons and the user has to waste time looking for the necessary program in the... For different screen resolutions icons positions are stored separately providing for optimal use of available desktop space i. ... Icon Keeper Deluxe also provides for instant recovery of icons positions on the desktop when they are randomly piled.
http://www.enterra-soft.com/produc...rdeluxe/iconkeeperdeluxesetup.exe - 621Kb - Download - Screenshot

RefreshEm
You may have noticed that sometimes the Desktop and Windows Explorer start to display the wrong Icons for some file types. Running RefreshEm when they do repairs the Windows Icon Cache so that the proper ones are immediately displayed. It does not stay in memory, immediately terminates after... Just click or double click the Icon each time you want to refresh the icons.
http://camtech2000.net/Programs/refrsh10.zip - 79Kb - Download - Screenshot