Windows 10: Unable to close virtual desktop in Windows 11

Discus and support Unable to close virtual desktop in Windows 11 in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello I have this window 'Form 2' open on my windows 11, I can't access or close. How do I close or delete it? Please help... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by TrevorReeve-Newson1, Feb 2, 2022.

  1. Unable to close virtual desktop in Windows 11


    Hello I have this window 'Form 2' open on my windows 11, I can't access or close. How do I close or delete it? Please help

    :)
     
    TrevorReeve-Newson1, Feb 2, 2022
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  2. Windows 10, Virtual Desktop.

    Hi Tobi.X,

    Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community Forums.

    I appreciate your efforts to work on this issue.

    Suggest you to refer to the steps from this article to check if that works for you.

    How to close all Virtual Desktops at once in Windows 10:
    https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-close-all-Virtual-b7eb8269


    You need to run the execution policy first. Then you can copy and paste the script to Powershell window to close all the virtual desktop. Any application open in other desktop will be moved to the active one.

    If you have further questions or for further help and support, you may post your question in the

    TechNet Forums
    , where we have support professionals who are well equipped with the knowledge, skill and resource to handle queries regarding this issue.

    Cheers and Regards,

    Srimadhwa B

    Microsoft Community-Moderator
     
    Srimadhwa_B, Feb 2, 2022
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  3. Derty Win User
    Virtual Desktops showing apps not in certain desktops

    Hi, I have a problem with W10 virtual desktops.

    I'll explain it step by step :

    Go to virtual desktop 1
    Open full windowed Chrome
    Go to virtual desktop 2
    Open two different full windowed excels
    Hit windows-tab

    And you end up in this mess i'm attaching as a screenshot.

    If you click on destktop 3 icon, you'll be there, but excel will be shown, full windowed, as if you were on desktop 2.
    If you then minimize it, it goes to the desktop 2 taskbar.


    If you click on desktop 1 icon, you'll get there, but excels will be shown instead of Chrome. If you put the mouse over desktop 1 icon and then click Chrome above virtual desktops, you'll get to desktop 1 with Chrome being shown as normal.

    If you close one of the two excels, virtual desktops works again as expected.

    What can I test to solve this mess?

    Thanx a lot, I've been expecting a fix in every new compilation, with no luck.

    César
     
    Derty, Feb 2, 2022
    #3
  4. sirBait Win User

    Unable to close virtual desktop in Windows 11

    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, Feb 2, 2022
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