Vista and XP Virtual Desktops Alternatives
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'. There are more than 10 alternatives to Vista and XP Virtual Desktops for Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, Spaces and Mac. The best alternative is VirtuaWin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vista and XP Virtual Desktops are Dexpot (Free Personal), WindowsPager (Free, Open Source), Sysinternals Desktops (Free) and Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Enhancer (Free, Open Source).
- Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20. It creates and manages virtual desktops and enables you to work far more efficiently and comfortably with many simultaneously opened windows on Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista (incl. x64).
Discontinued
Dead app. 3 years since the last update. Not compatible with current version of Windows. See changelog: http://www.dexpot.de/?id=changelog
- WindowsPager is a desktop-switcher/pager for Windows to manage virtual workspaces/desktops. It will integrate smoothly into the desktop panel.
Discontinued
Hasn't been updated since 2011, see changelog:
http://windowspager.sourceforge.net/changelog.html - 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.
Discontinued
last version released: 2012
- 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).
- Virtuoz was designed to be a minimal and robust program that allows to have more than one desktop on Windows. It was inspired by Sysinternals Desktops, but uses a different approach, which doesn’t impose the limitations which Desktops is bound to.
- 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. Instructions:
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