Windows 10: Application opens on wrong desktop, when using "Multiple desktops" in Windows

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/opening-the-same-application-on-a-different/07093262-b6e8-4619-9b2a-2ad42981d9a5Can you really not fix this?

:)

 

Opening the same application on a different desktop opens it on the desktop it was first used on. Microsoft, *please* let us use the same applications on different desktops.

So here is the thing: the entire point about using multiple desktops is that we get to separate our windows into different "activities". One Ubuntu, for example, I use a desktop for work and another for personal things so that I don't have to deal with all
of them when I'm working.

On windows this is a hassle.

Here are the steps to reproduce the issue I'm facing:

• Open Google Chrome on a desktop.
• Make a new desktop (Win + Ctrl + D, or go to task view and click "New Desktop")
• Open Google Chrome again in the new desktop.

Now, you would want Windows to open a new Google Chrome window on the new desktop -- because of course, we could use Chrome for several things and we'd want to separate the stuff related to work from other things such as watching a random music video. This
should be simple, right? Not with Windows.

Instead of creating a new application window in the new desktop, Windows takes me back to the
original desktop where the application was first opened.


It's just very annoying to see how Windows missed a very simple thing.
No one -- and I repeat, no-one uses multiple desktops to separate applications. We use multiple desktops to separate use-cases! This problem has been here for years and several others have pointed it out -- but it's 2018 and there's
still no fix yet.

 

Introducing Windows Desktop Program for Desktop Application Analytics

Source: Introducing the Windows Desktop Program for Desktop Application Analytics - Windows Developer Blog

 

Move Applications Between Virtual Desktops

Thank you for the reply Nyima Yonten. My concern is not about switching between application windows, but moving them between multiple desktops. By the way, I am assuming that you meant Windows Key + Tab Key in the first step of your suggestion.