WindowsPager Alternatives

WindowsPager is described as 'desktop-switcher/pager for Windows to manage virtual workspaces/desktops. It will integrate smoothly into the desktop panel' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WindowsPager for Windows, PortableApps.com, Spaces and Mac. The best WindowsPager alternative is Dexpot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try VirtuaWin or mDesktop. Other great apps like WindowsPager are Sysinternals Desktops, Vista and XP Virtual Desktops, Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Enhancer and TotalSpaces.

WindowsPager alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Desktop Customization Tools or Desktop Environments. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of WindowsPager.

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WindowsPager

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WindowsPager is a desktop-switcher/pager for Windows to manage virtual workspaces/desktops. It will integrate smoothly into...

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Dexpot
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
28 Dexpot alternatives
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).
- - Dexpot is the most popular Windows alternative to WindowsPager.
- - Dexpot is the most popular free alternative to WindowsPager.
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Multiple desktops
Discontinued
Dead app. 3 years since the last update. Not compatible with current version of Windows. See changelog: http://www.dexpot.de/?id=changelog
VirtuaWin
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Free • Open Source
Windows
PortableApps.com
25 VirtuaWin alternatives
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’).
- - VirtuaWin is the most popular Open Source alternative to WindowsPager.
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1. PortableVirtuaWin can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
mDesktop
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Free • Open Source
Windows
13 mDesktop alternatives
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.
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mDesktop Features
Support for Hot corners
Sysinternals Desktops
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
15 Sysinternals Desktops alternatives
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.
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Discontinued
last version released: 2012
Vista and XP Virtual Desktops
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Free • Open Source
Windows
15 Vista and XP Virtual Desktops alternatives
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...
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Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Enhancer
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Free • Open Source
Windows
10 Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Enhancer alternatives
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).
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Keyboard Shortcuts
TotalSpaces
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Spaces
19 TotalSpaces alternatives
TotalSpaces provides a grid of spaces on OSX Lion

An easy to use 2D grid of desktops, inspired by the implementation OS X Snow Leopard. Navigate using the cursor keys, choose your transitions, and quickly access a birds eye view of your grid of spaces where you can manage your a.
- - TotalSpaces is the most popular Mac alternative to WindowsPager.
- - TotalSpaces is the most popular commercial alternative to WindowsPager.
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Virtuoz
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Free • Open Source
Window Manager
Desktop Customization Tool
Desktop Environment
Windows
23 Virtuoz alternatives
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.
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1. PortableVirtuoz can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiple desktops
zVirtualDesktop
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
13 zVirtualDesktop alternatives
A virtual desktop manager - "Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Hotkeys and System Tray Icon".
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1. PortablezVirtualDesktop can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Sits in the System Tray
GiMeSpace Desktop Extender
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Paid • Proprietary
Window Manager
Windows
15 GiMeSpace Desktop Extender alternatives
GiMeSpace Desktop Extenders are scrolling virtual desktop managers and the only virtual desktop/window managers that give you seamless unlimited desktop space. New since version 2 is that you can now also resize your windows without any limitations.
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1. Support for Multiple MonitorsGiMeSpace Desktop Extender supports the use of multiple displays.
9Desks
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Free • Proprietary
Shell Extension
Windows
27 9Desks alternatives
9Desks - Virtual Desktops, desktop manager, multi desktops, enhanced virtual desktops
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Multiple desktops
goScreen
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
19 goScreen alternatives
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.
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Multiple desktops