CodeB Desktop Switcher

Data exposure prevention, not desk-tidying

You're about to share your screen with a client, an auditor, a vendor or a patient family member. Your desktop holds material the other party should not see — a contract draft, a clinical case file, a network schematic, an unredacted CSV. Without Desktop Switcher, you have thirty seconds and forty-seven files to move. With it, one keystroke pulls those files off the desktop into a private profile before the screen share ever begins, and a second keystroke puts them back when the call is over.

A complete desktop swap, not an overlay

Other tools group your icons or hide the desktop. Desktop Switcher physically moves files in and out, restores icon positions exactly as you left them, and applies a different wallpaper to each monitor. When a profile is inactive, its files genuinely aren't on the desktop — they're parked in your AppData folder until you switch back.

What's in the box

• Real file isolation. Files of inactive profiles live in AppData, not on the desktop. The icons aren't hidden — they're gone, until you switch back.
• Per-monitor wallpapers with the full set of fit modes — Fill, Fit, Stretch, Tile, Center, Span. All applied atomically when you switch.
• Icon layouts preserved. Where each shortcut sits on the desktop is part of the profile. Switch back later and every icon lands exactly where you left it.
• Global hotkeys. Bind Ctrl+Alt+1 to your work profile, Ctrl+Alt+2 to your clean-for-clients profile. Works from anywhere in Windows, no mouse required.
• Tray boss-key. Configure the tray icon to switch to a designated profile on double-click. The fastest possible panic clean for an unexpected call.
• Command-line interface. CodeBDesktopSwitcher.exe --switch "Clean Demo" — wire it into scheduled tasks, batch files, or Stream Deck buttons.
• Hide-all-icons toggle. Don't want to build a profile? One menu item or hotkey hides every desktop icon entirely, until you toggle it back.
• Export & import. Profiles save to a single .cbds file — effectively a zip archive, so it diffs and version-controls like any other text bundle. Carry your setup to another machine, share a sanitised demo desktop with a colleague, or back up your config.
• Portable and lightweight. One executable, under 1 MB. No installer, no services, no admin rights, no traces. Drop it in any folder and run; delete the folder to uninstall.