Windows 10: How to Manage Virtual Desktop like a Pro in Windows 10

If you are using a single monitor PC and working from home in these pandemic times, creating multiple virtual desktops can be very handy for you. Since while working from home, one has to manage multiple projects or tasks at a time, virtual desktops can surely increase your productivity.

With Windows 10 it is actually very easy to create a new virtual desktop and manage multiple of them. You can open different programs on each virtual desktop and yes, you can create an unlimited number of desktops.

Manage Virtual Desktops Like a Pro


Virtual desktops can indeed increase your productivity, provided you know how to juggle between them quickly. Well, keyboard shortcuts are the only way to switch between your all opened virtual desktops. If you have been using virtual desktops already, you might be aware of those shortcuts but today in this post, I will tell you about some lesser-known keyboard shortcuts to quickly switch between your virtual desktops on Windows 10 and manage them better.

1] WIN +Tab- Show all virtual desktops opened




This keyboard shortcut will show you all the virtual desktops opened with their respective numbers. You can click on any desktop you want to open. Alternatively, you can also click on the TASK VIEW option in your taskbar to see all the available virtual desktops.



Not just your current desktops, but here you can check your earlier virtual desktops too. From the scroller in the right corner, you can check your virtual desktops for the last one month.

2] Win+Ctrl+D- Open New Tab




Press this shortcut Win+Ctrl+D to open a new tab or if you already have two or more desktops open, you can press Win+Tab to open all desktops and click on the + sign and press Enter. To return to your desktop, just hit the Esc button on your keyboard. Remember, you can open an endless number of desktops on your Windows 10 PC. Every time you open a new desktop, you will see its thumbnail at the top of your Task View screen.

3] Move Windows From One Desktop to Another




with just a single click you can move windows from one desktop to another. Press Win+Tab, this will show all the desktops available. Go to the window you want to move and right-click. Select the Desktop you want it to move in. You can also move it to a new desktop or show this particular window on all the open virtual desktops.

4] Rename Desktops




The virtual desktops by default open with the numbers like Desktop 1, Desktop 2, and so on but you can rename them as per your projects to make it more convenient. Open the available desktops Win+Tab and go to any desktop in the top ribbon and right-click. Click on Rename and name it as per your own preference.

5] Snap the desktops




Go to the desktop you want to snap and right-click. Select snap left or snap right as per your preference.

6] Check all programs open on a virtual desktop




In case you forget what program was open on which desktop, hover your cursor over the desktop and you can see all the programs and apps open on that particular desktop.

7] Delete Virtual Desktop




If you have opened too many of them, you might want to close some. Simply open all the desktops with Win+Tab and hit the close button to terminate that particular desktop. All the programs and applications open on that particular desktop will then be automatically moved to the previous desktop and will merge with the existing programs and apps. So basically, you cannot end all the opened programs just by terminating the desktop. You have to manually close each one of them.

8] Open the same application on two desktops




For example, if you are working on excel and want to open the same app on two desktops to maintain two different excel sheets press Win+Tab and pick and drop one of the excel on a different desktop and you are done.

9] Multitasking




There is a setting of Multitasking on your Windows 10 PC wherein you can change the Virtual Desktops settings. G-o to Settings (Win+I)–> Systems–> Multitasking and scroll down to Virtual Desktops. By default the settings are saved to Only the desktop I’m using but, you can set each to show on all desktops as per your own preferences.

Read: Virtual Desktop Tips and Tricks.

So these were a few of the keyboard shortcuts which will help you handle and manage your virtual desktop better. Do let us know if you want us to add any more. In case you do not use this Virtual Desktop or Task View feature in Windows 10, you can simply remove the Task View button from the taskbar.


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Virtual desktops

In the article you linked it says talks about 4 goals Microsoft has with virtual desktops:

• Give you more desktop space to group related windows
• Help you quickly locate and switch to any window or group of windows
• Let you easily re-organize your groups and move windows as tasks evolve
• Keep you in control of the degree of separation between your grouped windows

Not being able to control what desktop the program opens on really doesn't fit in with these goals.

Give me one good reason for why it is suppose force me to change virtual desktop when I open a program, just one good reason and I will consider to drop the issue. To me this sounds like virtual desktops isn't ready yet and you refuse to acknowledge that
there are bugs, because this makes it very hard to work with multiply virtual desktops.

 

Virtual Desktops Windows 10?

Hi Lucas,

Modifying the settings of a virtual desktop requires complex steps. Because of this, we might need to refer you to our Microsoft TechNet forums for further assistance. For us to direct you to the correct forum category, we would need the answers to the following:

• Are you using a Windows Server?
• Is your device connected to a domain network?
• What virtual desktop are you using?

If you are using Hyper-V, you can use this article published
by Andre Da Costa as your reference on how to use Windows 10's built in Hyper-V for creating Virtual Machines.

We are looking forward to your response.

 

How to uncouple two virtual desktops

Hello,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community.

As per the issue description you are facing issue with virtual desktops then I would suggest you to refer the article mentioned below and see if it helps you to fix the issue.

Virtual Desktops in Windows 10 – The Power of Windows…Multiplied

If issue persists try to create new user profile as an administrator and see if issue persists in new user profile. For creating new user profile you may refer to the steps provided in the article mentioned below.

• 
  Press Windows key + R
  
• 
  Type control userpasswords2 and click OK
  
• 
  Click on add under users tab
  
• 
  Click the option, "Sign-in without a Microsoft account
  
• 
  Click on Local account
  
• 
  Choose a name for the account
  
• 
  Add password if you want to
  
• 
  Apply and click OK.
  

For more clarification you may refer to the article mentioned below.



Create a local user account in Windows 10

To know more about Windows 10 I would suggest you to refer the article
Get Started with Windows 10. Hope this link will provide you more information
about Windows 10.

Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of the proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.

Regards,