virtual-desktop

win api and c# - desktops

Okay, so I found this class online that "creates" a second desktop which does not run anything (ie, explorer.exe is not called and so forth). However, this newly created desktop refuses to shutdown and go back to the orignal desktop. I have no idea whats going on. So if someone can try it on their machine, it would be very helpful. not...

X11 Feature for MS Windows

Hi, For decades, X11 has provided the possibility to have many virtual desktops that can be accessed by different people from different machines. The virtual desktops are thus independent of the real physical desktop. I'm wondering whether there is something similar already on MS windows OS. I would think this could be easily done if v...

The Eclipse "select workspace" dialog disappears when I switch to a different virtual desktop (VirtuaWin) - how to restore it?

When eclipse starts up, it first show its splash screen and then pops up a dialog for selecting the desired workspace to open. If at this point I switch to a different virtual desktop and then come back later, only the splash screen is visible but the dialog is gone and I haven't found a way to get it back. I have to kill the eclipse pro...