Windows 10: Is it possible to have multiple "Desks" (Not virtual desktops)

Discus and support Is it possible to have multiple "Desks" (Not virtual desktops) in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hi everyone, and thank you in advance for your time. My doubt is: is it possible to have multiple "desks", with different shortcuts on them? Every... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Jcrm87, Aug 14, 2020.

  1. /u/Jcrm87 Win User

    Is it possible to have multiple "Desks" (Not virtual desktops)


    Hi everyone, and thank you in advance for your time.

    My doubt is: is it possible to have multiple "desks", with different shortcuts on them? Every search I do takes me to the Virtual Desktops option, which is very useful for me but not what I'm looking for.

    The reason can sound a bit silly: I use my gaming laptop a lot for work lately, and my desktop is cluttered with games icons (sorry, I'm a terrible person and I like it like that). Ideally I would like to have a "Work desktop vs Free time desktop" and be able to switch between them, with their different shortcuts and all that.

    Is that possible with W10? Is it possible with some external software?

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    /u/Jcrm87, Aug 14, 2020
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  2. Mala_S Win User

    virtual desktop as multiple monitor

    Hello Dan,

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

    Virtual desktops lets you create multiple, separate desktops that each can display different open windows and apps. Multiple desktops are great for quickly switching desktops. The idea of having multiple virtual desktops is being able to order programs
    according to a set of tasks.

    PC can’t have different virtual desktop on each monitor. However, we can
    configure the taskbar for multiple displays to send windows from one monitor to another. We can customize Windows to have a taskbar shown on only one display, and a different taskbar on the other display. To do that, follow the below mentioned
    steps.

    • Right click on the taskbar and select
      Taskbar Settings
      .
    • Scroll down to Multiple displays section and choose
      Taskbar where window is open under Show taskbar buttons on option.

    By choosing that particular option in Settings, you can set its independent taskbar in addition to your primary display. Only the open windows are shown on the taskbar in that particular display.

    As a workaround, we can create a new profile to switch your main display to another. By doing that, you can switch between profiles which will be having different displays in it.
    To do that, follow the below mentioned steps.

    • Right click anywhere on the desktop and select Graphics properties > Select
      Display > make changes to change your main displays > click on
      Save profile
      > assign a name to it.
    • You can create multiple profiles to make different monitors as main displays each time.
    • To apply the profile, right click anywhere on the
      desktop and select Graphics Options > Profiles > in there you can select the new account which you have created to switch the display.

    Hope it helps.

    Mala S

    Microsoft Community - Moderator
     
    Mala_S, Aug 14, 2020
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  3. sirBait Win User
    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.
     
    sirBait, Aug 14, 2020
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  4. Is it possible to have multiple "Desks" (Not virtual desktops)

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