What do you think of Virtual destops....... Good or not

Phil2008 · 9 Jun 2020 at 21:05

Hi guys,, I have just discovered virtual desktops that comes with win10, that lets you use more then 1 desktop.. I am using a 3rd party app called Dexpot thats more advanced then the window 10 built in one.

So what do you think about having more then 1 desktop to work on, is it for you or not?

d_brennen · 9 Jun 2020 at 21:16

Linux has had this for aeons, never really found a use for it tbh, alt+tab is in muscle memory

AHarvey · 10 Jun 2020 at 14:18

It's not something I've ever bothered with but maybe that's because I've always got 2+ screens in use, or maybe I don't get the benefits of them.

thewanted · 10 Jun 2020 at 14:24

I find it very useful for conference calls and screen sharing. I can setup all of the things I want a customer to see on desktop #2, and that way I don't have to worry about them seeing something they shouldn't.

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Jun 2020 at 09:40

thewanted said:
I find it very useful for conference calls and screen sharing. I can setup all of the things I want a customer to see on desktop #2, and that way I don't have to worry about them seeing something they shouldn't.

that’s a very good way to use VDs. I don’t use them myself but might start. There’s hot keys isn’t there so you could switch from on desktop to another quickly.

thewanted · 12 Jun 2020 at 11:30

mrbell1984 said:
that’s a very good way to use VDs. I don’t use them myself but might start. There’s hot keys isn’t there so you could switch from on desktop to another quickly.

Yeah, CTRL+Windows Key+Left/Right Arrow Key

Phil2008 · 12 Jun 2020 at 15:40

I think another desktop will come in handy for long steam downloads or long downloads in general and my 3d printing app. So basically apps that remain open for a long time, then you dont have loads of tabs across the taskbar.

Rroff · 12 Jun 2020 at 15:46

I've tried but never found them useful on my main desktop systems - just doesn't have the convenience factor for me. But they can be very useful on systems setup for specific purposes or a specific range of tasks. I used to run a game server where one had the actual dedicated game server processes and the other had the frontend for the maintenance and monitoring programs.

ED209 · 15 Jun 2020 at 21:30

Can’t say this is something I would use. As others have said I use three displays for work (1xlaptop screen and 2x Additional monitors) and I have all my stuff spread over them.

For home use I only ever need one display as I’m either gaming or browsing the net.

james.miller · 15 Jun 2020 at 21:38

Never found a use for it lol

SupraWez · 15 Jun 2020 at 22:10

They are OK when working on a laptop and doing development etc, IDE on one, debugging on another and then device simulation on another etc, very handy, or if working on networks or multiple server consoles, the OSX implementation of this is very slick, much nicer than Windows.

On a desktop I prefer multiple physical displays.

Lmg80 · 25 Jun 2020 at 01:18

It's good for when a game crashes but the ctrl-alt-delete gets hidden behind the crashed window and Win-d does not minimise it.
Creating a new desktop allows you to then close the crashed game/app

james.miller · 25 Jun 2020 at 10:11

Lmg80 said:
It's good for when a game crashes but the ctrl-alt-delete gets hidden behind the crashed window and Win-d does not minimise it.
Creating a new desktop allows you to then close the crashed game/app

Holy moly I didn't know that!

Lmg80 · 26 Jun 2020 at 21:40

james.miller said:
Holy moly I didn't know that!

You can have that for free

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Jun 2020 at 21:42

thewanted said:
Yeah, CTRL+Windows Key+Left/Right Arrow Key

Doesn't work on my machine. This works though;

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4028538/windows-10-multiple-desktops

oh. You have to create the desktop first then the above shortcut keys work. Awesome!

EDIT: It's a shame you couldn't use different wallpapers.

maybe one day.

Django x2 · 27 Jun 2020 at 11:17

Pretty sure people are getting confused between Windows Desktops and Windows Virtual Desktop, which are two completely different things

james.miller · 27 Jun 2020 at 12:15

The only confusion is in the name. In windows, windows refers to what you are calling windows desktops as 'virtual desktops' (plural). which of course isn't the same as Windows Virtual Desktop (singular). Everyone here is talking about the former