Running virtual desktops (like Spaces on Mac OS) on Windows 7

Question

I make much use of Ctrl-arrows to new virtual desktops on my MacBook to get more real estate, organize like-applications and windows, and help focus on a task at a time.

How can I get the same or similar feature to work in Windows 7?

The Ctrl-arrows behavior on Mac that I'm talking about include stuff like:

• Keyboard shortcuts to slide to a new desktop

• Sliding a window/app to an edge activates/moves the app to that virtual desktop

• Zoom-out view allows you to see position and location of all windows on all desktops

• Taskbar icon/view allows for easy two-click jump to any desktop

• Remembers which apps open in which virtual desktop, on re-launch moves you to that desktop for app launch

(And, no, 'install Mac OS X' is not what I'm looking for.)

Answer 1

Yes, you can use virtual desktops in Windows utilizing the Sysinternals tools. Desktops is the module you want to use.

Answer 2

Check with your video card vendor.

Nvidia had a "virtual desktop" utility that worked like my KDE Workspaces functionality.

Answer 3

Windows 10 now does that through the "virtual desktop" features.

You can see the virtual desktops via holding [Windows]+[Tab], and add a virtual desktop via clicking on "Add desktop" from there. Then, you can move from a virtual desktop to another with the [Windows]+[Control]+[Right or Left arrow].

One thing that prevents me from using it as I would on a Linux or a Mac is that, on a multi-monitor set-up, switching virtual desktops will switch the desktop on all the monitors at the same time.

Windows 7 being no longer supported by Microsoft, I would suppose that you have moved to Windows 10.