mDesktop Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to mDesktop for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is VirtuaWin, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to mDesktop and nine of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to mDesktop are Sysinternals Desktops, WindowsPager, 9Desks and goScreen.

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  1. VirtuaWin icon
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    VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called ‘workspaces’).

    25 VirtuaWin alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. Desktops, part of the Sysinternals Suite , allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. WindowsPager icon
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    WindowsPager is a desktop-switcher/pager for Windows to manage virtual workspaces/desktops. It will integrate smoothly into the desktop panel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4.  3 likes

    9Desks - Virtual Desktops, desktop manager, multi desktops, enhanced virtual desktops

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. goScreen icon
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    GoScreen is truly indispensable tool on any Microsoft Windows computer. It creates a number of virtual pages on the monitor screen. When a program is started, it is placed on the current - "active" screen page. When one then goes to another page, the program is left on.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Peach. icon
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    Peach is a Desktop application for Windows 10 that helps you to organize your work via taking a new feature in Windows, Virtual Desktops, and extending its powers to be centered around focusing on your work.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. WorkTop icon
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    Multi-desktop manager for Windows with separate files, icon layouts, and wallpapers per desktop. Not just virtual workspaces.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Create multiple desktops of related programs, files and links.

    • Quickly switch between active and inactive tasks
    • Create custom pages to suit your computing style
    • Swiftly move from one application to the next
    • Quickly view and manage running applications
    • Full integration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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