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    • It is not a true virtual desktop. All items/icons stay the same when you switch desktops, unlike Dexpot. Guest • Feb 2019 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • cannot drag/drop windows between desktops Guest • Feb 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree

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  • TotalSpaces

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    • 2005 software does not flip between desktops Guest • Nov 2017 Disagree   Agree

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  • KWin

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  • GiMeSpace Desktop Extender

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  • maComfort

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  • mDesktop

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Dexpot Comments

Comment by flipcoder
about Dexpot · Feb 2018 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

This page claims it doesn't work on newer versions of windows, but it's working on Windows 10 perfectly for me.

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Seems no longer dangerous

Comment by xpac
about Dexpot · Dec 2016 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Maybe no longer dangerous. Recent virustotal scans of installer and portable download show 0 threats, and the website states that they removed some kind of advertising tool (OpenCandy) as of 2016-02-15.

Links:
https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/b4896af1093d22c28cfd0241253a101c9f8053add272c9234f31afea1a90bc3c/analysis/1481630934/
https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/73194fab6de23e7d6f46ea9f6bb9b34f02e271d5d21357701f2d409b75173382/analysis/1481630944/
http://www.dexpot.de/?id=dexpot

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It can also show miniatures of all your desktops

Comment by DanMan
about Dexpot · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

It can also show a miniature of all your desktops in your task bar's info area, with icons of the open windows on them. You know, like that other OS... ;)

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Comment by DevilishVicious
about Dexpot · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Been using it for some years now, and keeps getting better and better. Runs smoothly on Win 7 and the plugins give it a nice eye candy. The only "complain" that I have, if you could call it so, are the icons, which are low quality. But maybe I'm just too picky :P All in all, a great piece of software.

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Comment by Codewolf
about Dexpot · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Dexpot was a brilliant find, it has installed and works without any problems on both my XP Pro and Windows 7 Machines and works well with the dual-screen setup on my XP box effectively doubling the desktop capacity (ie if you choose 5 desktops using Dexpot you have the equivalent of 10...all the way up to dexpots 20 desktops giving you the capacity for 40!!)

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Full of detected viruses from virustotal scan

Comment by namgivu82
about Dexpot · Jul 2015 · Helpful Not helpful -1 Helpful Report as spam

I scanned the installer and the result is here as 8 detected - not recommended to use this app :(
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/10ff5e935e8c6536cde37307aec6e33a18a3d94576a168c067162cd21f8d3e5a/analysis/1437215920/

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babomancer · Mar 2016

Just want to point out that they seem to have cleaned up the installer. Scanned the current download and found found only one issue 'BehavesLike.Win32.Tool.rc' which sounds benign/expected.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/6ea0ac7a48d1d0403d304093cb53abf44d45ce23f121f21e5875b13bc47382ac/analysis/1457299272/