What would be nice is to have the ability toname each desktop
Duban Rodriguez
8 years ago
There is a big problem, though. There seems to be no limit in how many desktops you create. I clicked the “add desktop” button 700 times and ha, i cant close any of the desktops because when i clic the “task view” button the screen splits in two vertical halfs, and the left one turns black, and no desktop minuatures are shown… I am trying to close all desktops at once, but it seems that its not possible.
Doesn’t seem to be a problem directly… Having the ability to open an ulimited amount of desktops is nice. I just depends on your hardware if you can use it. My PC got stuck at 370. After just deleting 2 or 3, I was able again to use the Task View button…
I turned mine off – check youtube how to speed up your windows 10 and theres a lot that you can do by turning off unnecessary processes. My compuer was running so slow and after turning things off – sped up.
I want my virtual desktop back! i did something to get rid of the button and you will be surprised there is NOTHING online to tell me how to get it back. loads like this post telling you (when theres a button there)
this tells me nothing.
I had gotten rid of that button to turn on th virtual desktop by switching something off from a whole host of feaures when w10 first came out the system was sluggish and slow. Now things have moved on HOW TO TURN IT BACK ON .. there is no icon/shortcut etc to turn it on as its been turned off somewhere in the background
I don't really understand what you're saying: you removed the Task View icon from your taskbar and now you can't get it back?
If that's the problem, getting it back should be as simple as a right click on the taskbar and then click on Show Task View button.
No ..i mean
1. Currently if you want to get the other virtual desktops theres an icon tp click tp go to those desktops.
2. I turned that OFF ..so the icon dissapeared. I have no icon .. No virtual desktops.
3. No where online or in windows imstructions is there a guide.. If you got rid of your virtual desktops icon on the task bar or where it USED TO BE
..how to gwt it runni g again.
This will get your Task View button back and you can use it to work with virtual desktops.
Don't forget to let me know if that was what you were searching for.
A’ha … Codrut thankyou
thats the one …
This is the crazy thing – i am looking how to activate, turn on, restore etc etc the virtual desktops. The word “task view” sounds unrelate.
I was searching on google for the former not the later and therefore totally not getting anything. I suppose Microsoft didnt want to use the term “VD” to stand for virtual desktop – “get VD, get rid of VD” doesnt look good in the menu 🙂
Virtual desktop is not helpful for gamers, we may accidentally activate virtual desktop during in game and it’s annoying. Is there any way to disable this function?
I’ve made about 1000 desktops (big mistake) and I want to delete them. When I click Windows+Tab it glitches and stops working. What do I do?
Hailey
3 years ago
Hi, I’m unable to rename my virtual desktops.
I have seen there was meant to be an update to windows 10 with this new feature, however, I’m unable to find the release date!
When will this functionality be available?
Please reply
May 2020. You may have to restart twice to activate.
George Genco
3 years ago
Those of us who TEACH from home need the ability to create a “BLANK” Virtual desktop environment. Students do not need to see the personal links and apps on our desktop and title bars when using Zoom, WebEx, or Adobe Connect, (the ones I use anyway.)
anay
3 years ago
how to delete all the new destops or unallowd the destops to make more
Gina
3 years ago
I just started trying to use virtual desktop again this morning and I remember why I hated it.
I am unable to view any recent open document in the new timeline (in fact, it’s four days behind, despite me being on my computer the last two days), so I can’t move ANY open program to ANY new virtual desktop.
This is incredibly frustrating, especially for those of us who need to occasionally work from home and don’t have a designated work computer.
My Chromebook does a better job of additional workspaces (especially on the same account) and basically what I need to do is easily done. I still don’t understand how Microsoft doesn’t get how people actually use their computers.
Thanks for sharing your experience with this feature.
Lloyd L Coulter
3 years ago
I want to be able to save the multiple desktops, so when I reboot the computer the desktops always come back the way I recreated them.
Bob Friendship
2 years ago
Thank you for an excellent illustration regards this purpose.
I can understand the frustrations in the comments left here.
Keep up the good work.
Chris Davis
2 years ago
Hello, I have 2 MAJOR requests that would drastically improve the virtual desktops. BTW- I love this newly discovered feature. I believe it has already increased my productivity. If you add the requested features below it would drastically increase the usability.
1. Allow me to drag/re-arrange my virtual desktops. IE.. When I hit my Win + Tab (The screen that pops up, allow me to re-arrange those desktops.
2. This is a HUGE one. Allow me to save the position of my open Windows (ON EACH) desktop to be saved when I shut down windows. In other words, when I open a specific program like “Microsoft Word” it opens on my 3rd virtual desktop, or the desktop named, “Virtual Desktop 3, Monitor 3, left 1/2 of monitor” This would prevent me from having to set up all of my 5 desktops every time I log in.
Thanks for the awesome features! Keep up the good work. Thanks in advance.
Neil Muprhy
2 years ago
How do you turn the bleeping thing off? I find no advantage in it and it functions to my detriment. I use the mouse to highlight something and the desktops starts jerking around joining the other virtual desktops. This is a consistent behavior it happens 80% of the time. Another example of its bad behavior is trying to resize a box diagonally. The same jerking around. In both cases the changes that I made have been discarded.
STEPHEN SMAIL
1 year ago
It would be super great to have a way to have Windows Virtual Desktop Manager capture each Virtual Desktop (VD) apps with a link to each executable are resident on its VD such that it is saved to a config file. Then, at start up of the OS, it would reference the config file to spin up each (VD) with its constituent apps. This way a reboot would be faster and the user would not have to piecemeal populate each VD to the state it was before the reboot. Our system admins just periodically reboot our machines and it takes about a 1/2 hour to re-establish the state of each VD I had assembled before the reboot.
This would be a knockout capability.
Also it would be nice for each VD that the title of the VM would be viewable on the screen.
Right now I have to click on the Task bar the VD manager Icon just to know which VD I am on.
I generally know by context my layout but this would be nice to have.
Ajit Gondkar
1 year ago
VD (Virtual Desktop) is a great feature, I love it. can we improve it by VD (Virtual Desktop) on multiple monitors, which means I am using two monitors can we improve it by desktop 1 on monitor 1 and desktop 2 on monitor 2 like this I want to use it on numerous monitors.
What would be nice is to have the ability toname each desktop
There is a big problem, though. There seems to be no limit in how many desktops you create. I clicked the “add desktop” button 700 times and ha, i cant close any of the desktops because when i clic the “task view” button the screen splits in two vertical halfs, and the left one turns black, and no desktop minuatures are shown… I am trying to close all desktops at once, but it seems that its not possible.
Doesn’t seem to be a problem directly… Having the ability to open an ulimited amount of desktops is nice. I just depends on your hardware if you can use it. My PC got stuck at 370. After just deleting 2 or 3, I was able again to use the Task View button…
It would be nice to be able to turn it OFF
I have been trying to do that for days. so far I haven’t come across anything that will help… 🙁
I turned mine off – check youtube how to speed up your windows 10 and theres a lot that you can do by turning off unnecessary processes. My compuer was running so slow and after turning things off – sped up.
I want my virtual desktop back! i did something to get rid of the button and you will be surprised there is NOTHING online to tell me how to get it back. loads like this post telling you (when theres a button there)
Right-click in the Taskbar and check Show Task View button.
It would be more than nice.
this tells me nothing.
I had gotten rid of that button to turn on th virtual desktop by switching something off from a whole host of feaures when w10 first came out the system was sluggish and slow. Now things have moved on HOW TO TURN IT BACK ON .. there is no icon/shortcut etc to turn it on as its been turned off somewhere in the background
I don't really understand what you're saying: you removed the Task View icon from your taskbar and now you can't get it back?
If that's the problem, getting it back should be as simple as a right click on the taskbar and then click on Show Task View button.
No ..i mean
1. Currently if you want to get the other virtual desktops theres an icon tp click tp go to those desktops.
2. I turned that OFF ..so the icon dissapeared. I have no icon .. No virtual desktops.
3. No where online or in windows imstructions is there a guide.. If you got rid of your virtual desktops icon on the task bar or where it USED TO BE
..how to gwt it runni g again.
I dont have Virtual desktops and want.
Tgis article is on the basis
An icon exists on the lower right hand side to click.
My point is – i have no icon in the lower right side. Some how it dissapeared. How to.get back.
If you're talking about this icon:
Then right click on your taskbar and then click on Show Task View button.
This will get your Task View button back and you can use it to work with virtual desktops.
Don't forget to let me know if that was what you were searching for.
A’ha … Codrut thankyou
thats the one …
This is the crazy thing – i am looking how to activate, turn on, restore etc etc the virtual desktops. The word “task view” sounds unrelate.
I was searching on google for the former not the later and therefore totally not getting anything. I suppose Microsoft didnt want to use the term “VD” to stand for virtual desktop – “get VD, get rid of VD” doesnt look good in the menu 🙂
A BIG thankyou again Codrut
You're welcome!
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Thank you for all the good, easy-to-understand info you give to us.
If you are using a laptop with touchpad, you can also switch between desktops by swiping left or right with 4 fingers at the same time 😀
Thanks for sharing this tip. 😉
Virtual desktop is not helpful for gamers, we may accidentally activate virtual desktop during in game and it’s annoying. Is there any way to disable this function?
It wont delte them
It won’t delete what?
make a keyboard shortcut to delete desktops
I’ve made about 1000 desktops (big mistake) and I want to delete them. When I click Windows+Tab it glitches and stops working. What do I do?
Hi, I’m unable to rename my virtual desktops.
I have seen there was meant to be an update to windows 10 with this new feature, however, I’m unable to find the release date!
When will this functionality be available?
Please reply
May 2020. You may have to restart twice to activate.
Those of us who TEACH from home need the ability to create a “BLANK” Virtual desktop environment. Students do not need to see the personal links and apps on our desktop and title bars when using Zoom, WebEx, or Adobe Connect, (the ones I use anyway.)
how to delete all the new destops or unallowd the destops to make more
I just started trying to use virtual desktop again this morning and I remember why I hated it.
I am unable to view any recent open document in the new timeline (in fact, it’s four days behind, despite me being on my computer the last two days), so I can’t move ANY open program to ANY new virtual desktop.
This is incredibly frustrating, especially for those of us who need to occasionally work from home and don’t have a designated work computer.
My Chromebook does a better job of additional workspaces (especially on the same account) and basically what I need to do is easily done. I still don’t understand how Microsoft doesn’t get how people actually use their computers.
Thanks for sharing your experience with this feature.
I want to be able to save the multiple desktops, so when I reboot the computer the desktops always come back the way I recreated them.
Thank you for an excellent illustration regards this purpose.
I can understand the frustrations in the comments left here.
Keep up the good work.
Hello, I have 2 MAJOR requests that would drastically improve the virtual desktops. BTW- I love this newly discovered feature. I believe it has already increased my productivity. If you add the requested features below it would drastically increase the usability.
1. Allow me to drag/re-arrange my virtual desktops. IE.. When I hit my Win + Tab (The screen that pops up, allow me to re-arrange those desktops.
2. This is a HUGE one. Allow me to save the position of my open Windows (ON EACH) desktop to be saved when I shut down windows. In other words, when I open a specific program like “Microsoft Word” it opens on my 3rd virtual desktop, or the desktop named, “Virtual Desktop 3, Monitor 3, left 1/2 of monitor” This would prevent me from having to set up all of my 5 desktops every time I log in.
Thanks for the awesome features! Keep up the good work. Thanks in advance.
How do you turn the bleeping thing off? I find no advantage in it and it functions to my detriment. I use the mouse to highlight something and the desktops starts jerking around joining the other virtual desktops. This is a consistent behavior it happens 80% of the time. Another example of its bad behavior is trying to resize a box diagonally. The same jerking around. In both cases the changes that I made have been discarded.
It would be super great to have a way to have Windows Virtual Desktop Manager capture each Virtual Desktop (VD) apps with a link to each executable are resident on its VD such that it is saved to a config file. Then, at start up of the OS, it would reference the config file to spin up each (VD) with its constituent apps. This way a reboot would be faster and the user would not have to piecemeal populate each VD to the state it was before the reboot. Our system admins just periodically reboot our machines and it takes about a 1/2 hour to re-establish the state of each VD I had assembled before the reboot.
This would be a knockout capability.
Also it would be nice for each VD that the title of the VM would be viewable on the screen.
Right now I have to click on the Task bar the VD manager Icon just to know which VD I am on.
I generally know by context my layout but this would be nice to have.
VD (Virtual Desktop) is a great feature, I love it. can we improve it by VD (Virtual Desktop) on multiple monitors, which means I am using two monitors can we improve it by desktop 1 on monitor 1 and desktop 2 on monitor 2 like this I want to use it on numerous monitors.