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Sysinternals Desktops

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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...

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  • FreeProprietary

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  • US flagUnited States

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  • Windows
Discontinued

The program seems no longer updated. Last version, 2.01, released in October 2021, can be still downloaded from the official website

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    US flagMicrosoft
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    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.8
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Sysinternals Desktops, and it has gotten 17 likes

Sysinternals Desktops was added to AlternativeTo by decimic on Jul 3, 2010 and this page was last updated Jul 3, 2024. Sysinternals Desktops is sometimes referred to as Desktops.

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Top Positive Comment
andrijahuzjak
Mar 25, 2016
1

Everything works great in Windows 7, but in Windows 10 task bar jump lists don't work on alternate desktops.

[Update] Windows 10 has integrated support for virtual desktops, so no need for this app.

[Edited by andrijahuzjak, March 25]

Top Negative Comment
realnabarl
Jan 12, 2015
1

It's easy but creates extra instance, like multi explorer.exe, multi ctfmon.exe...and it seems there is no way to close the app.

davidstafford
Nov 17, 2017
0

Letter P stops working after a while, avoid this.

bawldiggle
Mar 6, 2017
0

I would recommend reading the developers "blurb" on the download page https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881

By the developer "Mark Russinovich"

Desktops reliance on Windows desktop objects means that it cannot provide some of the functionality of other virtual desktop utilities, however. For example, Windows doesn't provide a way to move a window from one desktop object to another, and because a separate Explorer process must run on each desktop to provide a taskbar and start menu, most tray applications are only visible on the first desktop. Further, there is no way to delete a desktop object, so Desktops does not provide a way to close a desktop, because that would result in orphaned windows and processes. The recommended way to exit Desktops is therefore to logoff.

rmbjr60
Jun 10, 2016
0

Wow is this a minimal app. It basically does what it says it does, and not an ounce more. Not that I want bells-and-whistles just for the sake of having them. But it would be nice to have, For example, a one-click method to switch desktops (it currently requires one click to bring up a choice of desktops, then a click to select one). Other simple features that this app does not support include: , naming desktops, customize the number of desktops (well, this is supported, but it isn't very mature implementation), auto-assigning certain applications to launch in certain desktops.

For those of us still using Win 7 (and, in the year 2016, there are plenty of enterprises that have not yet allowed win 8 or win 10 on their corporate computers), this app is OK. I prefer Dexpot, but you can certainly use this one to achieve virtual desktops.

RobW
Jun 20, 2012
0

Simple interface No extended features If you want a new desktop, you just select it. If you want a program running on that desktop, you run it from there. Zero thinking to use the product.

What is Sysinternals Desktops?

Desktops, part of the Sysinternals Suite icon 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 the windows you’re not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, you can create and switch desktops either by clicking on the tray icon to open a desktop preview and switching window, or by using the hotkeys.

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