Vista and XP Virtual Desktops AlternativesVirtual Desktop Managers and other similar apps like Vista and XP Virtual Desktops

Vista and XP Virtual Desktops is described as 'One of Vistas most talked-about new features is the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). A new set of thumbnail APIs can be used to access thumbnails of open windows. This virtual desktop program takes advantage of this new API and uses some tricks of its own to provide a powerful' and is a virtual desktop manager in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Vista and XP Virtual Desktops for Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com and GNOME. The best Vista and XP Virtual Desktops alternative is VirtuaWin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vista and XP Virtual Desktops are App Fleet, Sysinternals Desktops, WindowsPager and 9Desks.

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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’).

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. App Fleet icon
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    App Fleet is a workspace management tool written entirely for the Linux Desktops, designed and finely tested on GNOME. It offers creation of workspace configurations that can later be launched using a startup workspace launcher.

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  3. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  5. mDesktop icon
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    mDesktop is a lightweight application that allows the user to utilize multiple virtual desktops. Also, mDesktop integrates with Hotcorners. mDesktop currently supports up to ten virtual desktops.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  6. An AutoHotkey script to switch and move programs between Windows 10 Virtual Desktops and set different wallpapers. Light, lightning fast, free, and with AHK you can use almost any key/mouse combos (even override Windows shortcuts).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  7. A virtual desktop manager - "Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Hotkeys and System Tray Icon".

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  8. Symantec Ghost Solution Suite 2.5 is the industry’s most widely-used corporate imaging, deployment and system management solution. Use Ghost’s proven hardware-independent imaging capabilities to significantly accelerate day-to-day imaging and deployment needs or to migrate all...

    26 Broadcom Ghost Solution Suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  9. UDS Enterprise is a top performance multiplatform connection broker to deploy and administer Windows and Linux virtual desktops and applications.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Quest KACE icon
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    Replace your manual processes, non-integrated point solutions, or overly complex software suite with the industry’s most comprehensive endpoint systems management solution and give your IT team more time to innovate.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. 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
     
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