Sysinternals Desktops
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
What is Sysinternals Desktops?
Desktops 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.
Discontinued
last version released: 2012
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- virtual-desktop-manager
- Virtual Desktop
- workspace
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Netkuszkusz edited Sysinternals Desktops- Upvoted a comment on Sysinternals DesktopsGuIt's easy but creates extra instance, like multi explorer.exe, multi ctfmon.exe...and it seems there is no way to close the app.
razvanpanda liked Sysinternals Desktops
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]
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.
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.
Letter P stops working after a while, avoid this.
I would recommend reading the developers "blurb" on the download page https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881
By the developer "Mark Russinovich"
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.