The Sysinternals team at Microsoft today released another useful software utility for Windows called Desktops to help people who run multiple applications at the same time.
Desktops (v1.0) is a Virtual Desktop Manager that lets you create up to four different desktop screens for arranging all those open applications in a more logical and productive manner.
For instance, you could put all work related programs in the first desktop window, chat programs in another virtual window and so on. This makes life less confusing when you have dozens of programs running simultaneously on the desktop.
The software runs in your Windows taskbar. And you can very easily switch from one virtual desktop to another by pressing the keyboard shortcut or through your mouse.
Microsoft has long offered virtual desktop manager as an XP Power toy but the newer one is very light and also compatible with Windows Vista.
There are a few rough edges like the Alt+Tab shortcut stopped worked after running Microsoft Desktops but that should be fixed pretty soon considering that the hard-working Sysinternals team are releasing updates for other utilities so frequently.
Related: Arrange Desktop Windows Efficiently
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Reader Comments
Hii amit..
well dats awesome..that was always have been a linux thing..
I used Virtuawin before for this…
Well u know what i switched back to one screen..
As it slows down ur system a lot..Vista is already high on memory consumption..
And don’t want to hang up my system..
I got a 1GB RAM
Written by shashank on 08.22.08
Hi..
launchy and opera do not work simultaneously at more than one desktop
Written by arvind on 08.22.08
Hmmm… reminds me of Spaces in Leopard. Strange, isn’t it!
Written by AJ on 08.22.08
very well and useable .. I need it now ! hehe .. I try almost every software for my sweet desktop
Written by PakSpeaker on 08.22.08
Wow good tool 4 multitasking…
Written by Snehasis on 08.22.08
Most Linux desktop managers have had this feature for a long time, and are implemented in a less tacky way than this…this abomination.
Written by Ankur Banerjee on 08.23.08
hey
firefox doesn’t run simultaneously on more than one desktop either. does anyone know a way to get around the problem.
Written by abel on 08.23.08
This is old news. VirtuaWin (http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/) is a great utility that has this for years…
Written by Ido Schacham on 08.24.08
how do you turn off the second/third/fourth desktop?
Written by dumbo on 08.28.08