Windows 7 - Does Windows offer virtual desktop options?

Anonymous
2009-10-21T13:19:43+00:00

original title: Multiple desktops in windows 7 ?

Hi,

Why Windows 7 is not providing the virtual desktops like in Mac or Linux ? It helps a lot in arranging the applications into various groups like personal, office etc and placing them on different desktops.

Best regards,

Bins.

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Anonymous
2011-03-27T20:25:33+00:00

Hello SanatTalmaki,

The download does not seem to be malware. I suggest you might scan the file with another Antivirus such as Microsoft Security Essentiasl and see if you come up with the same results.

You can download Microsoft Security Essentials from the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Thanks,

Marilyn

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Anonymous
2010-10-18T18:38:31+00:00

I've developed an application because I wanted the same thing. My program is extremely lightweight and requires no configuring.

You install, or you can use the zip and just run it. Then use alt+ the number of the desktop to switch to it. Then alt+ctrl+number to send the active window to a desktop.

My program is open source and free.

The current desktop is shown in the tray on the icon, and the icon can optionally be hidden.

http://code.google.com/p/mdesktop/

Jason

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-15T15:00:31+00:00

    Here You go all.. The Virtual Desktopz from Microsoft.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-08T13:43:50+00:00

    I hope this tool is best for you.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881

    Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-12-04T20:48:05+00:00

    Stumbled onto this project today.

    mDesktop 1.6beta3 has something called "OpenCandy" in it.  (The OpenCandy license is listed in the mDesktop license agreement.  Yes, I do read those.)  This is essentially adware.  It's detected by Microsoft Security Essentials as something bad, for one -- as of yesterday, at least.

    "OpenCandy" is in a good quantity of free software you'll find on teh intarwebs.  There's a partial list in the Wikipedia link I mention, below.

    Is OpenCandy "malicious"?  That's a matter of opinion.  It's adware.  If you consider ads to be malware, you're going to want to skip this version.

    Further reading:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCandy

    http://www.opencandy.com/faqs/

    Simple solution: use mDesktop 1.5.  Hey, if you look at the installer size, 1.6 is 714k and 1.5 is 282k.

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