Although your video is nice to show the features, I don't see much value in multiple desktops. What am I missing? When working with maximized apps, the only advantage that I can see over multiple windows on 1 desktop is that they don't take up taskbar space. In my opinion, for this feature to bring true advantages of replacing monitors or creating life/work borders, it needs these features: 1. Different shortcut icons on different desktops so that they can be grouped as work or play or video etc 2. Different color scheme and background so that it is obvious if a desktop is work or play or video etc 3. Ability to assign resolutions independently to each desktop. Some apps require more real estate, but small font is hard to see on every app. Others do not need the space, and it is better to be able to read larger text and see larger icons. Am I missing something?
Two more really lame responses that prevent usefulness: 4. if I change the zoom in Chrome on Desktop 1, it automatically changes the zoom on Desktop 2 Chrome. 5. if I use ALT=TAB, it doesn't limit open apps to that desktop, or at least group the tabs by desktop. Instead all the windows show as if their is no such thing as multiple desktops. I am still looking to find any value of substance. Maybe Microsoft is laying the groundwork for future value? If not, then it seems as good as adding extra tails on a dog.
@@commonsense4993 I agree. I have looked at Virtual desktops and thought it was interesting, but still don't get why. How does this make you more productive. How does it replace 3 screens? When I use multiple screens usually it so I have my work on one and something static that I reference on the other. If this allowed me to use a larger screen with that static desktop on one side and my work on the other, great, but if this is just another form of alt-tab, whats the point.
Exactly. This "virtual desktop" is useless to me, in it's current form. I expected something like in Mac OS. A true virtual desktop that you can change as you see fit. This is emberassing.
This doesn't give you multiple desktops, a feature that I have been trying to find for a long time, this isn't it, this video is about multiple task views, handy for me but we only get one desktop.
This would have been great if the the virtual desktop organization could be saved in a file, so even after a restart, if we launch the same apps, they will be positioned in the same virtual desktop with the same placement and size. PowerToys (Fancy Zones) from Microsoft proposes as well some features like Virtual Desktop, but virtual desktop configurations saving does not exist.
It's been two years since you made this comment. Does the ability to save a virtual desktop layout exist in Windows 10 yet, to anyone's knowledge? I would think this information could be stored in the Windows registry, if not a configuration file.
@bryanwalaschek9606 Now, with Powertoys, you can make any layout you want with several monitors. But, your question is "Can we save application layout association and restore it at restart or at any time if we create several save records?". One option is Settings/Accounts/Sign-In Options : Turn on Restart Apps. The second option is to use a thid-party applications like WindowsManager or AquaSnap ...
This video was extremely helpful, tyvm. I was trying to figure out how to run my chat for streaming on all virtual desktops as i toggle between them on a multi monitor setup and I was not aware of the option to run a specific app on all desktops. This solved my issue, so a big thx.
Thanks a lot. I've been using this feature for a little while now since I've been working from home and only have one ultra wide screen. My main complaint is that for dragging windows from one desktop to another you always have to go into task view which adds an extra step. Would be an improvement if one could either drag any window to the edge and have it automatically go to the next desktop, or right-click on the top edge of any window and have the option to drag to the next desktop within the menu.
OMG I've been using virtual desktops forever so amazing. I setup 3 to 4 in an order of Casual, Art, Work, and video editing. But the show on all desktops is something completely new to me and removes a lot of needs.
This feature is great for people that are conducting multi tasks at once, to assist with focus on a single task. It does NOT remove the need for a multi-monitor setup if you are stuck to smaller (ie 24-27") monitors and still need the real estate for having multiple windows/app/programs/excel sheets open.
@@HelpCloud Explain how to read data off of one screen, that you are inputting onto another screen? Or doing copy paste? This would add way too many extra clicks, switching between the desktops.
I've been using virtual desktops for almost 30 years. I have used multiple screens, but have no desire to go back to that. I can't see the benefit. Why move my head when I can change the screen with a keypress? A crude version was available on previous windows using virtuawin but it was pretty clunky. I'm not fully happy with the Win10 implementation either. Still better than the previous. YMMV.
I agree, seems like the new Windows 11 will be priority for virtual desktops like this one. I don't imagine we will see any more virtual desktop features for Win 10.
Will be great if any desktop has a clean bottom bar and desktop icons so you can organize in a better way, even a different wallpaper to feel the change
I am using multi monitor setup and virtual desktop and its a no brainer for me. So easy to have certain screens setup for multiple purposes. I might have 7-8 different customized desktop views and three monitors is not enough. With that said I do not see this as an option for going from three over to 1 monitor. Never, but it is a nice feature I will always use.
In some cases, having 3 monitors is worth it. For my use case it simply wasn't needed and virtual worked well. Thanks for the comment and glad you liked the video!
Virtual Desktop are handy but it will not replace double monitor setting, i'm professional developer and i work usually with 2 to 3 monitor(depending if i'm working at home or office ). and my set up is such one for code editor other is usually the browser (3 is optional basically) for searching some info :) and i got to say when you need to see botch code and design at "same time" it's much different experience than virtual desktop switching. However when you have no option and you need to work on single screen visual desktop is really good way better than minimizing and going full screen with apps. but honestly for me 2 monitor for productivity is must have (been working like this last 10 years and when i need to work on one screen it feels like torture :)
I agree! 2 monitors is a perfect balance. Going from the 3 down to 1, virtual desktops allowed that transition to be a bit easier. If you have the space for 2 physical monitors, that is ideal. If not, virtual desktops work great! Thanks for the feedback!
Its a good feature, an excellent feature for people without extra monitors, but IMO the point of extra monitors is to see everything you need to at the same time, not when you need to tab between them. If its too cluttered and disorganized, that's a workflow/organization issue.
This option is super!!! Opening multiple applications on single desktop computer as becoming cumbersome and with this option, the desktop is uncluttered and neat and switching between applications is super easy also !!
Can you setup a different set of pinned items on each virtual desktop? For example: Desktop 1 is my "Play" area where I have Steam, Discord pinned to the taskbar. Desktop 2 is my "Work" area where I have Skype and Zoom pinned to the taskbar.
yeah this is helpful, cuz when i was playing a game and rage smashed my keyboard one time it switched my screen to the side and i got so confused and mad at the same time and wanted help to fix it and now i know you can do V.D's for windows 10
Very cool....but its similar or even not beneficial to some being able to alt-tab instead....Do you know if you are able to switch between the desktops w/o having to use the keyboard shortcut or clicking the task view everytime...like a taskbar for the desktops or something similar?
Very useful video. I am glad Windows has adopted this feature natively. Truth to tell, I've been using virtual desktops in the unix/linux world since the early 90's. I generally have lots going on since I'm a developer. First desktop is communications and file management. Second is local editing/building. Third+ are VNC virtual desktops to separate remote machines, and notes specific to that arena. I usually don't use more than a couple of desktops, but I have used as many as eight, and switch between them regularly as I make progress on multiple projects.
It was about time isn't it! I hope they expand the functions of this, I know they had desktop renaming in the works, it would be nice to separate icons, pins etc.
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This helped. It was very thorough too. I used windows in the past, but I used to use a mac book b4 my current computer. I feel like learning about the control + win key & using the arrow keys to move back and forth is an added bonus. :)
Some feedback for you as a first time viewer of your channel. As far as explaining how to use it, this video was fine (bit long though). But I'm immediately googling WHY I would want to do this and have other questions too. e.g. do these remain after reboot, are all desktops 'frozen' when not in use or do they still consume RAM etc. Ultimately I don't feel you really dug into WHY this is useful, aside from wanting a more minimalist physical setup. Cheers.
@@HelpCloud no worries and incidentally I found another video which provided answers to these questions BUT I found his delivery and the video in general pretty dry. So much preferred yours on that front. 👍
Thank you so much! I accidentally ran into a virual desktop now knowing what was going on (I use a laptop, no ultrawide or triple monior) and this video helped me realise what happened
Here is an important tip for this: > Settings > System > Multi-tasking. On the taskbar set to "Only the Desktop I'm Using" BUT for Alt+Tab set to "All Desktops".
@@HelpCloud I know, it was more of a joke! I perfectly understand that, when you're editing video for example, you still do need a bigger screen. I noticed a problem with the keyboard within the hour of using WVD. The keyboard became out of sync and buttons weren't quite typing what was being input, I tried to play with keyboard settings here and there in vain. The issue was resolved immediately after I closed all the opened desktops. Have you experience the same kind of issues? Thank you
I don't really get the point in this feature, when you still have to tab between the desktops. You might as well just tab between the apps. Am I missing something?
Helps keep things more organized. You can have one desktop with windows for things like personal email accounts, Facebook etc. The other can be work related windows or apps.
@@HelpCloud Thanks for the reply. Yeah as I started playing around with it I realised that it actually can be helpful and now I’m gonna start using lol cause my ocd was hating having so many windows open and them being all unrelated despite having two monitors. Thanks for the video.
How to display those multiple virtual desktop side by side at the same time in our single monitor? We usually can do it in multiple monitor, it functions if we want to check an excel file compared to other application side by side
Alt tab just allows you to swap to a different window or app on the same screen. This feature allows you to move those windows or apps to another "desktop" to organize them better.
I'm sorry, I guess I'm stupid but I don't understand why I would create multiple desktops. Can you create examples that show how having multiple desktops actually helps? One app open in each really isn't showing how having multiple desktops is useful.
is there any way I can set a virtual desktop as the main display to have the other desktops clean w/o the shortcuts, just like how we can set them with multiple monitors?
I'm bummed! I thought you could save desktop shortcuts in these virtual desktops.. Would be nice to have a desktop with all the shortcuts to productive programs, and then switch to a desktop with game shortcuts.
Hey man, great video, but coming from a Mac, I want to have open lets say Outlook in one desktop and Chrome in another and lets say I am on the Outlook desktop and I click Chrome, I want Windows to automatically switch to the desktop that has Chrome. Does Windows have that ability?
I did a similar test. I had Chrome open in one, Windows Photos in another. If I was on the desktop with Chrome, then opened Photos, it swapped to the desktop where photos was already open. So yes, it does look like it will swap to the desktop where the program is already open.
@@HelpCloud It doesn't work for me, instead, it opens a new Outlook or Chrome on the new Desktop too and then I have Outlook repeated in all the Desktops that I click the Outlook icon on instead of if switching to the desktop where I first opened it.
I found the setting that does it now. You go to Settings and then Multitasking, in the virtual desktop settings, select All Desktops on both instances and voila!
Apparently, a background desktop will still steal focus to itself. I was hoping it would be like a world to itself. However, the minimized browser in the active desktop doing this _seems_ to be keeping quiet better than in Win 7, so far.
I still don't understand why I need a virtual desktops when I can simply switch between programmes/different windows with tab+alt though it kind of get messy when there are like 10 things open :D . I'd love to have an new empty desktop where I can have different shortcuts.
@@HelpCloud Thank you very much for your reply! Maybe in the next update or two, that would be perfect! On the other hand, my husband learned how to fix it now when the kids in his class are doing that to play games instead of paying attention!
hello i have a question . i want to have 2 desktops with diffirent icons . i mean the first one only icons of designe softwears like photoshop ...etc and in the second desktop other icons like word exel ...etc . how to do it ?
The one feature that horribly sucks is that the Desktop never changes, if it did , this would really be about multiple desktops, and the best win10 feature ever..
@@HelpCloud I hope they do too, just the way it is set up would be great, if they deleted the timeline completely, we already have the ability to search history' , got rid of that annoying, space occupying ms add, and gave us real desktops that we could access at the top with the same 'desktop' (virtual) layout that they gave us for this virtual desktop feature. So much of the functionality is there, I think they knew what they had in mind but maybe time constraints required them to just STOP and give us something useless, to meet a schedule and feel like they did something useful imv, it's not in the least bit useful as is. Crossing fingers..
Im not seeing the benifit of this over swapping tabs. Seems identical with extra steps. Also its no replacement for extra monitors as the point is to be able to see everything at once and slid stuff from one to another quickly. These aren't quite like the virtual system I used to use like VMWARE where you could run multiple desktops at the same time and plug an extra mouse m keyboard in for some else to use. I tested it out and ran Neverwinter Nights 6x on one PC with it. No more lan party! Lol
I still don't get the point in multiple desktops other than you are at work and you are trying to hide the fact that you are not doing work while at your job and want to hide youtube/ reddit or whatever you are procrastinating on. Maybe I am missing something
Myself for example, I can have my RUclips studio on one monitor getting ready upload a video, while on the other "desktop" I may have photoshop open creating a thumbnail. Now granted things have changed since this video and I have 2 monitors in a vertical stack. However, this is a great alternative for someone that may want to separate their workspaces but don't have physical space for a multi-monitor setup.
@@HelpCloud have you used a Windows resource called "remote desktop" to control another PC/laptop? It makes you operate an actual PC in a window through the network. But I want to avoid the network configurations, so I'm wondering if there is any KVM switch or software that can made me control a PC as window in Windows 10.
Can you make 4 virtual desktops and split screen them so you have a taskbar in each qudrant? Ie. the ability to use for windoes in 'fullscreen' mode while staying in just the 1 quadrant?
@@HelpCloud What software was used to produce the tutorial you posted? or was it a series of editing / recording? Specially, like the parts where you were able to zoom into your video when sharing your desktop.
Is it possible to manage two separate RUclips accounts using 'virtual desktops'? So basically two different YT accounts. My first is account from 2011 and second one (current) from 2018ish. Or am I confusing my own question with 'Virtual Machine'?
Windows 10 virtual Desktop SUCKS because as far as I can tell, there is No Way to create a Blank desktop which to me is The Point of having a virtual desktop in the first place. Windows 10 Does NOT give you the ability to Create a New Virtual Desktop - that's Very Misleading - It gives you the ability to create a New Virtual Workspace which is a Very different thing than a New Virtual Desktop! I need to make videos that show how to create internet shortcuts on the desktop for a specific application but don't want the shortcuts to appear on my normal cluttered desktop, I need a blank desktop. Is there any way to do that?
Wow this is an old video I just noticed this deskptop option in my windows 11 a few months back. I will be subscribing to your channel cause I don't want to miss such great features. This is a good video but I think you missed something or maybe it was not a feature that is why it is not in your video. Basically I am looking to use this because I want to login to an elearning website and watch a video there in one desktop with the audio running while want to login to the same website in another desktop and run another video there(with a different audio) and capture the video so I can watch it offlline. I keep rewinding the video to keep watching it so I would like an offline version cause the online video streaming has a lot of lag ttheir servers are not very fast sometimes it just hangs that is when i hit rewind it loads and then it will not play at all until I clear cooking and login again. So this is a big problem While watching I can record it as I need to go through these video atleast 10 times but I I miss stuff (as i have problem with attention and keeping focus my mind drifts and i have to rewind it back, this focus problem is why I have to watch these video atleast 10 times to learn whats in it) so I keep rewinding and that also gets recorded. I have another laptop too but I the website only allows login on only one device at the same time. So just to save time I was wondering while i watch these videos online can I also record other videos from the same website in a different desktop? Will the audio be the same or will the audio of this overlap into the other desktop? Thanks.
Is there any way to have 2 virtual desktops open at the same time? Use case is in presentations when you would like to do full screenshare on the 1st virtual desktop, while still being able to use 2nd virtual desktop for note taking (without sharing notes in the screenshare). There are zone programs that let you have different areas for applications, but none of these would let you drag a virtual desktop into one of the zones for example.
Can you make a duplicate desktop? Like so I would still have my work email, chat, and other programs that I need while working on different projects (even within some of the same programs? I don't want to miss out on emails and chats while on another virtual desktop and my projects are within the same software but can be a lot of documents and clutter my screens.
Although your video is nice to show the features, I don't see much value in multiple desktops. What am I missing?
When working with maximized apps, the only advantage that I can see over multiple windows on 1 desktop is that they don't take up taskbar space.
In my opinion, for this feature to bring true advantages of replacing monitors or creating life/work borders, it needs these features:
1. Different shortcut icons on different desktops so that they can be grouped as work or play or video etc
2. Different color scheme and background so that it is obvious if a desktop is work or play or video etc
3. Ability to assign resolutions independently to each desktop. Some apps require more real estate, but small font is hard to see on every app. Others do not need the space, and it is better to be able to read larger text and see larger icons.
Am I missing something?
Two more really lame responses that prevent usefulness:
4. if I change the zoom in Chrome on Desktop 1, it automatically changes the zoom on Desktop 2 Chrome.
5. if I use ALT=TAB, it doesn't limit open apps to that desktop, or at least group the tabs by desktop. Instead all the windows show as if their is no such thing as multiple desktops.
I am still looking to find any value of substance. Maybe Microsoft is laying the groundwork for future value? If not, then it seems as good as adding extra tails on a dog.
@@commonsense4993 I agree. I have looked at Virtual desktops and thought it was interesting, but still don't get why. How does this make you more productive. How does it replace 3 screens? When I use multiple screens usually it so I have my work on one and something static that I reference on the other. If this allowed me to use a larger screen with that static desktop on one side and my work on the other, great, but if this is just another form of alt-tab, whats the point.
@@dproudfoot Didn't you used to be able to create a virtual monitor? Has this replaced that?
Exactly. This "virtual desktop" is useless to me, in it's current form. I expected something like in Mac OS. A true virtual desktop that you can change as you see fit. This is emberassing.
This doesn't give you multiple desktops, a feature that I have been trying to find
for a long time, this isn't it, this video is about multiple task views, handy for me
but we only get one desktop.
This would have been great if the the virtual desktop organization could be saved in a file, so even after a restart, if we launch the same apps, they will be positioned in the same virtual desktop with the same placement and size. PowerToys (Fancy Zones) from Microsoft proposes as well some features like Virtual Desktop, but virtual desktop configurations saving does not exist.
I agree, I hope they make this feature a more "true" virtual desktop.
It's been two years since you made this comment. Does the ability to save a virtual desktop layout exist in Windows 10 yet, to anyone's knowledge? I would think this information could be stored in the Windows registry, if not a configuration file.
@bryanwalaschek9606 Now, with Powertoys, you can make any layout you want with several monitors. But, your question is "Can we save application layout association and restore it at restart or at any time if we create several save records?".
One option is Settings/Accounts/Sign-In Options : Turn on Restart Apps. The second option is to use a thid-party applications like WindowsManager or AquaSnap ...
In Short, you could just put the computer to sleep.
This video was extremely helpful, tyvm. I was trying to figure out how to run my chat for streaming on all virtual desktops as i toggle between them on a multi monitor setup and I was not aware of the option to run a specific app on all desktops. This solved my issue, so a big thx.
What's up Pirate Sloth?! I'm glad this solved your issue. Now go save some Goonies!
Thanks a lot. I've been using this feature for a little while now since I've been working from home and only have one ultra wide screen. My main complaint is that for dragging windows from one desktop to another you always have to go into task view which adds an extra step. Would be an improvement if one could either drag any window to the edge and have it automatically go to the next desktop, or right-click on the top edge of any window and have the option to drag to the next desktop within the menu.
Maybe we will get something like that soon. It would cut out an extra step.
I agree, in Linux Ubuntu there is a keyboard shortcut for this, which simplifies a lot moving windows from one virtual desktop to the other.
OMG I've been using virtual desktops forever so amazing. I setup 3 to 4 in an order of Casual, Art, Work, and video editing.
But the show on all desktops is something completely new to me and removes a lot of needs.
Soon we will be able to name the desktops and a few other features.
This feature is great for people that are conducting multi tasks at once, to assist with focus on a single task. It does NOT remove the need for a multi-monitor setup if you are stuck to smaller (ie 24-27") monitors and still need the real estate for having multiple windows/app/programs/excel sheets open.
It works great for either purpose. You can swap between desktops very easily.
@@HelpCloud Explain how to read data off of one screen, that you are inputting onto another screen? Or doing copy paste? This would add way too many extra clicks, switching between the desktops.
This is extremely useful for someone on the road with a laptop screen only. Just discovered this Windows 10 feature. Thanks.
You bet, I use it all the time.
I've been using virtual desktops for almost 30 years. I have used multiple screens, but have no desire to go back to that. I can't see the benefit. Why move my head when I can change the screen with a keypress? A crude version was available on previous windows using virtuawin but it was pretty clunky. I'm not fully happy with the Win10 implementation either. Still better than the previous. YMMV.
I agree, seems like the new Windows 11 will be priority for virtual desktops like this one. I don't imagine we will see any more virtual desktop features for Win 10.
Will be great if any desktop has a clean bottom bar and desktop icons so you can organize in a better way, even a different wallpaper to feel the change
I agree, with Windows 11 on the way, I doubt the Windows 10 version will get any love.
I am using multi monitor setup and virtual desktop and its a no brainer for me. So easy to have certain screens setup for multiple purposes. I might have 7-8 different customized desktop views and three monitors is not enough. With that said I do not see this as an option for going from three over to 1 monitor. Never, but it is a nice feature I will always use.
In some cases, having 3 monitors is worth it. For my use case it simply wasn't needed and virtual worked well. Thanks for the comment and glad you liked the video!
This really works for me. Wish I could save desktops so they would load automatically at start up.
For real! Hopefully we will get more updates for it.
Thanks you! I was looking for the Alt-Ctl-cusor right/left combination for a LONG time. But I like the overview, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!!
Thanks so much for this, i needed to keep rdp window active while minimized and having a new desktop work fine so far
Glad it helped!!
Virtual Desktop are handy but it will not replace double monitor setting, i'm professional developer and i work usually with 2 to 3 monitor(depending if i'm working at home or office ). and my set up is such one for code editor other is usually the browser (3 is optional basically) for searching some info :) and i got to say when you need to see botch code and design at "same time" it's much different experience than virtual desktop switching. However when you have no option and you need to work on single screen visual desktop is really good way better than minimizing and going full screen with apps. but honestly for me 2 monitor for productivity is must have (been working like this last 10 years and when i need to work on one screen it feels like torture :)
I agree! 2 monitors is a perfect balance. Going from the 3 down to 1, virtual desktops allowed that transition to be a bit easier. If you have the space for 2 physical monitors, that is ideal. If not, virtual desktops work great! Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for this awesome tutorial, I guess a bit long for what it is but still awesome! Going to try & implement these to improve productivity.
Glad it was helpful!!
Its a good feature, an excellent feature for people without extra monitors, but IMO the point of extra monitors is to see everything you need to at the same time, not when you need to tab between them. If its too cluttered and disorganized, that's a workflow/organization issue.
I agree although they work great if you are separating work vs personal windows.
You can also double click on desktop in the task view to change the name :D it's
a really cool feature
Thanks for this video. Is there a way to customize which shortcuts or icons are on each desktop instead of having all icons on all desktops?
Not as of right now. With the release of Windows 11, I would bet we won't see any new stuff for this feature.
Wish I had watched this video first. Well explained and detailed.
Thank you!
This option is super!!! Opening multiple applications on single desktop computer as becoming cumbersome and with this option, the desktop is uncluttered and neat and switching between applications is super easy also !!
Totally agree! I hope they provide more features.
Can you setup a different set of pinned items on each virtual desktop?
For example:
Desktop 1 is my "Play" area where I have Steam, Discord pinned to the taskbar.
Desktop 2 is my "Work" area where I have Skype and Zoom pinned to the taskbar.
Not yet, I hope something like this comes soon!
yeah this is helpful, cuz when i was playing a game and rage smashed my keyboard one time it switched my screen to the side and i got so confused and mad at the same time and wanted help to fix it and now i know you can do V.D's for windows 10
There ya go!
your videis is really amazing ..great help cloud...thanks a lot
Glad you like them!!
Windows 11 made virtual desktop, and split screen way more productive and improved productivity in general
From the small amount I have seen, they have. I need to dig around a bit more.
That was pretty cool :) Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it!
Very cool....but its similar or even not beneficial to some being able to alt-tab instead....Do you know if you are able to switch between the desktops w/o having to use the keyboard shortcut or clicking the task view everytime...like a taskbar for the desktops or something similar?
Very useful video. I am glad Windows has adopted this feature natively. Truth to tell, I've been using virtual desktops in the unix/linux world since the early 90's. I generally have lots going on since I'm a developer. First desktop is communications and file management. Second is local editing/building. Third+ are VNC virtual desktops to separate remote machines, and notes specific to that arena. I usually don't use more than a couple of desktops, but I have used as many as eight, and switch between them regularly as I make progress on multiple projects.
It was about time isn't it! I hope they expand the functions of this, I know they had desktop renaming in the works, it would be nice to separate icons, pins etc.
Can I save my windows for the next session? It would savevme a ton or time. Thanks in advance
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@@HelpCloud thx
what would be nice is to be able to turn sound off if you want to swap without a previous sound file still playing.
Thanks for video, it helped me to save the time and money.
Glad it helped!
i need a keyboard shortcut to snap programs between desktops
try display fusion
@Golden Diamond for some reason, that doesn't work on my computer..
press on the windows key on ur keyboard an Tab at once and it shows you it
This was the reason I loved and move to Mac, now I can come back to Windows again using a MacBook Pro ;)
Dual boot?
How abouth gnu-linux?
Amazing and thorough tutorial, expertly done, thank you!
You're very welcome!
This helped. It was very thorough too. I used windows in the past, but I used to use a mac book b4 my current computer. I feel like learning about the control + win key & using the arrow keys to move back and forth is an added bonus. :)
Keyboard shortcuts are great!
Absolutely loving the Utah Jazz Hat.
Thank ya!
Love this feature with a single Monitor or three.
Some feedback for you as a first time viewer of your channel.
As far as explaining how to use it, this video was fine (bit long though). But I'm immediately googling WHY I would want to do this and have other questions too. e.g. do these remain after reboot, are all desktops 'frozen' when not in use or do they still consume RAM etc. Ultimately I don't feel you really dug into WHY this is useful, aside from wanting a more minimalist physical setup. Cheers.
Thanks for the tips!
@@HelpCloud no worries and incidentally I found another video which provided answers to these questions BUT I found his delivery and the video in general pretty dry. So much preferred yours on that front. 👍
I appreciate the comments, I will be sure to make sure I touch more on points like this. Thanks again!
Thank you so much! I accidentally ran into a virual desktop now knowing what was going on (I use a laptop, no ultrawide or triple monior) and this video helped me realise what happened
Awesome! Great feature, I hope they add more stuff to them
Are you going to this setup on a daily basis? is there a way to save it as a template so so can reuse it the next day?
You can't as of right now.
I've found a 3 screen setup to be ideal. It's only very rarely not enough.
3 screens is great if you have the need/space.
Here is an important tip for this: > Settings > System > Multi-tasking. On the taskbar set to "Only the Desktop I'm Using" BUT for Alt+Tab set to "All Desktops".
Thanks for the input!
@@HelpCloud You're welcome.
hi, if you have two monitors, can you put one desktop on the other monitor and the other desktop on the second monitor? thanks
You can't.
It's kinda cool but a feature I'd love to see is being able to window and pin a desktop so I can have one per monitor.
I think with Windows 11 we will see more of that type of stuff.
This is the best thing since sliced bread❗ Just brilliant & used EVERY day👍👍
I hope they continue to build on it.
@@HelpCloud Working on Win10 'behind the scenes' is & will be a constant effort to enhance, improve and bring a good & appealing OS to End Users.
Wow, wow, wow! this is a simple but such a genius idea! I feel so sad for the monitor business...
Having multiple monitors is still viable. I hope with Windows 11 they take this feature more serious.
@@HelpCloud I know, it was more of a joke! I perfectly understand that, when you're editing video for example, you still do need a bigger screen. I noticed a problem with the keyboard within the hour of using WVD. The keyboard became out of sync and buttons weren't quite typing what was being input, I tried to play with keyboard settings here and there in vain. The issue was resolved immediately after I closed all the opened desktops. Have you experience the same kind of issues? Thank you
I don't really get the point in this feature, when you still have to tab between the desktops. You might as well just tab between the apps. Am I missing something?
Helps keep things more organized. You can have one desktop with windows for things like personal email accounts, Facebook etc. The other can be work related windows or apps.
@@HelpCloud Thanks for the reply. Yeah as I started playing around with it I realised that it actually can be helpful and now I’m gonna start using lol cause my ocd was hating having so many windows open and them being all unrelated despite having two monitors. Thanks for the video.
Thanks bro it helped me a lot
Glad it helped
Awesome video. Great job!
Thank you very much!
Ty for video. I really needed this function !
Clear, Quality tutorial. Thx
You're welcome!!
this is helpful for my exams
Glad it helped!
How to display those multiple virtual desktop side by side at the same time in our single monitor? We usually can do it in multiple monitor, it functions if we want to check an excel file compared to other application side by side
I am not sure there is a way at this time.
I've been looking up what the use of this feature is. I can't find anything that makes it useful. It's just a more complicated way to alt+tab.
Alt tab just allows you to swap to a different window or app on the same screen. This feature allows you to move those windows or apps to another "desktop" to organize them better.
@@HelpCloud Sure you can organize a little better but how would this replace a multi-monitor setup? You’re essentially alt tabbing with extra steps
There is a problem that if I click the taskbar icon that is not on the current desktop, it will auto-switch to another desktop .
I'm sorry, I guess I'm stupid but I don't understand why I would create multiple desktops. Can you create examples that show how having multiple desktops actually helps? One app open in each really isn't showing how having multiple desktops is useful.
Thank you. Very helpful
Is there a way to view 2 desktops side by side on the same monitor?
is there any way I can set a virtual desktop as the main display to have the other desktops clean w/o the shortcuts, just like how we can set them with multiple monitors?
Nope, I hope things improve with Windows 11.
This is a very helpful video
Glad you think so!!
Awesome vid! Also what's the outro song called?
Thanks for the video
You bet!
would be a better feature if you could layout files on it
I'm bummed! I thought you could save desktop shortcuts in these virtual desktops.. Would be nice to have a desktop with all the shortcuts to productive programs, and then switch to a desktop with game shortcuts.
I agree, I am keeping an eye out for features like this!
Hey man, great video, but coming from a Mac, I want to have open lets say Outlook in one desktop and Chrome in another and lets say I am on the Outlook desktop and I click Chrome, I want Windows to automatically switch to the desktop that has Chrome. Does Windows have that ability?
I did a similar test. I had Chrome open in one, Windows Photos in another. If I was on the desktop with Chrome, then opened Photos, it swapped to the desktop where photos was already open. So yes, it does look like it will swap to the desktop where the program is already open.
@@HelpCloud It doesn't work for me, instead, it opens a new Outlook or Chrome on the new Desktop too and then I have Outlook repeated in all the Desktops that I click the Outlook icon on instead of if switching to the desktop where I first opened it.
I found the setting that does it now. You go to Settings and then Multitasking, in the virtual desktop settings, select All Desktops on both instances and voila!
@@carela20 You are Good
I can finally be like the cool pc owners but with one monitor.
Haha!
Apparently, a background desktop will still steal focus to itself. I was hoping it would be like a world to itself. However, the minimized browser in the active desktop doing this _seems_ to be keeping quiet better than in Win 7, so far.
I hope they keep expanding on these, it make things way easier.
I still don't understand why I need a virtual desktops when I can simply switch between programmes/different windows with tab+alt though it kind of get messy when there are like 10 things open :D . I'd love to have an new empty desktop where I can have different shortcuts.
This was a feature we had all hope they would expand on. Instead we got Windows 11
Thanks! Very well explained. In case the watcher happens to be very hurried: 1:25
You bet!
I have accidentally made 86 desktops and I try to delete them but it gets really laggy can I fix it
You have 2 options
www.tenforums.com/tutorials/138732-remove-virtual-desktops-windows-10-a.html
Ok I will check it out
Is there a way to remove excess icons from one desktop and have only certain ones on each / various desktops? Or only open apps? Thank you
Not yet sadly!
@@HelpCloud Thank you very much for your reply! Maybe in the next update or two, that would be perfect! On the other hand, my husband learned how to fix it now when the kids in his class are doing that to play games instead of paying attention!
This is what I'm looking for too. Without that feature, it is useless for me.
hello i have a question . i want to have 2 desktops with diffirent icons . i mean the first one only icons of designe softwears like photoshop ...etc and in the second desktop other icons like word exel ...etc . how to do it ?
If I delete the files in the 2nd virtual desktop will the files still be stored in the first monitors
Yes, they share them sadly.
@@HelpCloud oof
Why can't I have a wallpaper for each desktop?
I don't know, hopefully they will add something new!
Because it is a fake virtual desktop
One of the most useless things in Windows if you ask me.
how do I watch a tutorial on youtube and practice at the same time with these virtual desktops without an extra monitor
They arn't designed for that unless you flip to one desktop then flip back.
@@HelpCloud okay got it
how do i dissable the Virtual Desktop setting? i want my old alt tab back!
The one feature that horribly sucks is that the Desktop never changes, if it did ,
this would really be about multiple desktops, and the best win10 feature ever..
I hope they add onto it more as well. Having REAL separate desktops would be great.
@@HelpCloud I hope they do too, just
the way it is set up would be great,
if they deleted the timeline completely,
we already have the ability to search
history' , got rid of that annoying, space
occupying ms add, and gave us real
desktops that we could access at the
top with the same 'desktop' (virtual) layout
that they gave us for this virtual desktop
feature.
So much of the functionality is there, I
think they knew what they had in mind
but maybe time constraints required them
to just STOP and give us something useless, to meet a schedule and feel like
they did something useful imv, it's not
in the least bit useful as is.
Crossing fingers..
10/10 great tutorial.
Love tutorials that go to the point and don't just try to fill in a 10 Min video with trash talk.
You bet!
Im not seeing the benifit of this over swapping tabs. Seems identical with extra steps.
Also its no replacement for extra monitors as the point is to be able to see everything at once and slid stuff from one to another quickly.
These aren't quite like the virtual system I used to use like VMWARE where you could run multiple desktops at the same time and plug an extra mouse m keyboard in for some else to use. I tested it out and ran Neverwinter Nights 6x on one PC with it. No more lan party! Lol
I needed that ctrl + windows shortcut, thanks :]
Great shortcut.
You can also use your touchpad just use four fingers at the same time and wipe left or right
I still don't get the point in multiple desktops other than you are at work and you are trying to hide the fact that you are not doing work while at your job and want to hide youtube/ reddit or whatever you are procrastinating on. Maybe I am missing something
Myself for example, I can have my RUclips studio on one monitor getting ready upload a video, while on the other "desktop" I may have photoshop open creating a thumbnail. Now granted things have changed since this video and I have 2 monitors in a vertical stack. However, this is a great alternative for someone that may want to separate their workspaces but don't have physical space for a multi-monitor setup.
video starts at 1:30 everyone
Thanks!
Amazing video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
actually I was looking for some kind of method/software to display and control the content of my laptops as a window on my desktop pc screen.
I am not sure what you mean.
@@HelpCloud have you used a Windows resource called "remote desktop" to control another PC/laptop? It makes you operate an actual PC in a window through the network. But I want to avoid the network configurations, so I'm wondering if there is any KVM switch or software that can made me control a PC as window in Windows 10.
But how do I change the wallpaper of the second desktop and leave the first desktop with another image
You can't they both share the same wallpaper.
Can you make 4 virtual desktops and split screen them so you have a taskbar in each qudrant? Ie. the ability to use for windoes in 'fullscreen' mode while staying in just the 1 quadrant?
You can't. It is pretty limited.
I'm curious as to what you used to create this video Tutorial?
In terms of?
@@HelpCloud What software was used to produce the tutorial you posted? or was it a series of editing / recording? Specially, like the parts where you were able to zoom into your video when sharing your desktop.
Is it possible to manage two separate RUclips accounts using 'virtual desktops'? So basically two different YT accounts. My first is account from 2011 and second one (current) from 2018ish. Or am I confusing my own question with 'Virtual Machine'?
You could open each RUclips channel in its own tab and place on individual virtual desktops.
Does using multiple desktops require or use more ram?
Yes it does. The amount used will depend on what you have open on the desktop. Having the virtual desktop itself is minimal.
No
Shoenice sure did clean up
I have no idea who that is. At least not until now.
I still wasn't able to get the answer to the value of these virtual desktops!
Its in there.
and a shortcut for task view is tab + windows key ;)
Thanks for the additional input!
Windows 10 virtual Desktop SUCKS because as far as I can tell, there is No Way to create a Blank desktop which to me is The Point of having a virtual desktop in the first place. Windows 10 Does NOT give you the ability to Create a New Virtual Desktop - that's Very Misleading - It gives you the ability to create a New Virtual Workspace which is a Very different thing than a New Virtual Desktop! I need to make videos that show how to create internet shortcuts on the desktop for a specific application but don't want the shortcuts to appear on my normal cluttered desktop, I need a blank desktop. Is there any way to do that?
I did find a Solution. I use Virtuawin with the add on module VWDesktopIcons. It works like virtual desktop software Should work.
why on windows 10 pro 1909 version i cannot see button to virtual desktop ?? and when i press ALT + TAB that nothing i can see for add new desktop
Try ctrl + windows key + tab
Thank you joe
Wow this is an old video I just noticed this deskptop option in my windows 11 a few months back. I will be subscribing to your channel cause I don't want to miss such great features. This is a good video but I think you missed something or maybe it was not a feature that is why it is not in your video. Basically I am looking to use this because I want to login to an elearning website and watch a video there in one desktop with the audio running while want to login to the same website in another desktop and run another video there(with a different audio) and capture the video so I can watch it offlline.
I keep rewinding the video to keep watching it so I would like an offline version cause the online video streaming has a lot of lag ttheir servers are not very fast sometimes it just hangs that is when i hit rewind it loads and then it will not play at all until I clear cooking and login again.
So this is a big problem
While watching I can record it as I need to go through these video atleast 10 times but I I miss stuff (as i have problem with attention and keeping focus my mind drifts and i have to rewind it back, this focus problem is why I have to watch these video atleast 10 times to learn whats in it) so I keep rewinding and that also gets recorded. I have another laptop too but I the website only allows login on only one device at the same time.
So just to save time I was wondering while i watch these videos online can I also record other videos from the same website in a different desktop? Will the audio be the same or will the audio of this overlap into the other desktop?
Thanks.
Could a remote employee remote into one of those desktops while you're working on your main desktop?
They can't. These virtual desktops are very limited right now.
Is there any way to have 2 virtual desktops open at the same time? Use case is in presentations when you would like to do full screenshare on the 1st virtual desktop, while still being able to use 2nd virtual desktop for note taking (without sharing notes in the screenshare). There are zone programs that let you have different areas for applications, but none of these would let you drag a virtual desktop into one of the zones for example.
Depending on the program, you may be able to select a specific virtual desktop.
@@HelpCloud any recommendations on programs to use. I think I saw one that was UltraView, but a bit pricey at $99.
Can you make a duplicate desktop? Like so I would still have my work email, chat, and other programs that I need while working on different projects (even within some of the same programs? I don't want to miss out on emails and chats while on another virtual desktop and my projects are within the same software but can be a lot of documents and clutter my screens.
Just so I understand the scenario more, why wouldn't you just work on one desktop if you still need all the other software/programs?
Is it possible to see the desktop at the same time?
I am not sure what you mean.
@@HelpCloud Sharing the screen between the desktops, so you have two desktops on the same screen. Basically like two windows side by side