Questions tagged [virtual-desktop-manager]
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Change name of Virtual Desktop in Windows 10
When adding Virtual Desktops on Windows 10 they are just named sequentially:
Desktop 1, Desktop 2, ... etc
Is there a way to modify these names to provide something more meaningful?
i.e. Home, School, Work, Project?
Note: This has been a long pined…
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How to disable flashing VirtuaWin systray icon? Window is not responding
I have to run an application which is not responding so ViruaWin isn't able to manage it. (There is a "1 window not responding" tooltip on its systray icon.) Because of the hanging VirtuaWin flashes its systray icon which is really disturbing. I'd…
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VirtuaWin - Show window on 2 out of 4 Desktops
Is there a way to configure VirtuaWin (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/) so that a window is displayed on more than 1 desktop, but not on all of them? For example I want to show Visual Studio on Desktop 1 and 2, but not 3 and 4.
Or could I set it…
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Windows: Any virtual desktop manager that uses desktop objects?
Most virtual desktop managers for Windows simulate multiple desktops by hiding some windows and bringing others to the top.
Is there any virtual desktop manager for Windows that creates a different desktop object for each virtual desktop?
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Individual desktop backgrounds in Task View
I am looking for a way to introduce per-task view desktop background in Windows 10. I have tried changing the background when viewing the individual task views, however, it seems to be that the background is changed globally.
Is there any setting /…
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Virtual desktop manager where process spawned from one desktop stay in that desktop
All is said in Title. I need virtual desktop manager with one important feature: when process running in one virtual desktop spawns other process, new process must be in same desktop as parent. Not to jump into current desktop or something similar.
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Windows 10 clicking a file to open with the default program when that program is already open in the desktop you're already on?
Let's say I'm in Windows 10 on Desktop 7, and I find or download a PDF file and it opens in Adobe Acrobat. If at that time Adobe Acrobat is already open on say Desktop 1, I'm jettisoned to Desktop 1.
Is there a way that I can stay on Desktop 7…
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Using Virtual desktop in Dual Monitors
i am trying to set a dual monitor rig in windows and i was hoping to see if i can set virtual desktops simultaneously running on two different screens. so far i have tried using different tools like actual multiple monitors and sysinternal virtual…
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