The biggest difference between Desktop apps and Windows Store apps is that the latter tend to be more touch-friendly, while Desktop apps have smaller menus and icons, so it's more comfortable to ...

Click and drag on a widget to position it on your desktop manually, or click the green + (plus) icon on a widget to have it neatly positioned on the desktop alongside other widgets.

If you don't disable it manually, most will add a new desktop icon by default. After a few years of this, you'll find that your desktop has become a cluttered catastrophe of icons, usually not ...