Multimple Desktops

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George Valkov

I use the Desktops.exe utility from SysInternals, but have a few problems:
1. I have configured shortcut keys for various applications on the start
menu. But typing a shortcut always starts the application on desktop 1,
instead of the current desktop.

2. The Play/Pause button on my multimedia keyboard does not work when I am
on a desktop different then the one the player is running.

3. I want to be able to move a window from a running application to another
desktop, just like I do under linux.

Thank You for any help!


George Valkov
 
None of SysInternals are supported,if info on those utilities are what you
seek,then head over to TechNet user groups.TechNet has all thier downloads.
 
In George Valkov typed on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:14:17 +0200:
I use the Desktops.exe utility from SysInternals, but have a few
problems:
1. I have configured shortcut keys for various applications on the
start menu. But typing a shortcut always starts the application on
desktop 1, instead of the current desktop.

2. The Play/Pause button on my multimedia keyboard does not work when
I am on a desktop different then the one the player is running.

3. I want to be able to move a window from a running application to
another desktop, just like I do under linux.

Thank You for any help!


George Valkov
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I really like AltDesk ($15 I think). And it addresses all of your problems
as well.

http://www.astonshell.com/altdesk/

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Bill
2 Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2
3 Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
2 Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 1GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 ~ Xandros Linux - Puppy - Ubuntu
 
Thanks Andrew!
I thought that if anyone from Microsoft notices my post, some useful
features could be added, so I wrote it. :-)

in message
| None of SysInternals are supported,if info on those utilities are what
you
| seek,then head over to TechNet user groups.TechNet has all thier
downloads.
|
| "George Valkov" wrote:
|
| > I use the Desktops.exe utility from SysInternals, but have a few
problems:
| > 1. I have configured shortcut keys for various applications on the start
| > menu. But typing a shortcut always starts the application on desktop 1,
| > instead of the current desktop.
| >
| > 2. The Play/Pause button on my multimedia keyboard does not work when I
am
| > on a desktop different then the one the player is running.
| >
| > 3. I want to be able to move a window from a running application to
another
| > desktop, just like I do under linux.
| >
| > Thank You for any help!
| >
| >
| > George Valkov
| >
| >
| >
 
Thanks for the link, Bill!
Aston Shell seem to have a bunch of shiny desktop and shell replacements.
The utilities are very light, performance is excellent.

One thing I didn't like about the AltDesk tool is that it is calling the
Hide() and Show() methods on the windows and that's not a good practice. A
minor plus to that is the option to recover hidden windows.

There are free alternatives that can do the same... Personally I wouldn't
use anything that just hides windows.

George


in message | In | George Valkov typed on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:14:17 +0200:
| > I use the Desktops.exe utility from SysInternals, but have a few
| > problems:
| > 1. I have configured shortcut keys for various applications on the
| > start menu. But typing a shortcut always starts the application on
| > desktop 1, instead of the current desktop.
| >
| > 2. The Play/Pause button on my multimedia keyboard does not work when
| > I am on a desktop different then the one the player is running.
| >
| > 3. I want to be able to move a window from a running application to
| > another desktop, just like I do under linux.
| >
| > Thank You for any help!
| >
| >
| > George Valkov
|
| I really like AltDesk ($15 I think). And it addresses all of your problems
| as well.
|
| http://www.astonshell.com/altdesk/
|
| --
| Bill
| 2 Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2
| 3 Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
| 2 Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 1GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
| Windows XP SP2 ~ Xandros Linux - Puppy - Ubuntu
|
|
 
In George Valkov typed on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:15:52 +0200:
Thanks for the link, Bill!
Aston Shell seem to have a bunch of shiny desktop and shell
replacements. The utilities are very light, performance is excellent.

One thing I didn't like about the AltDesk tool is that it is calling
the Hide() and Show() methods on the windows and that's not a good
practice. A minor plus to that is the option to recover hidden
windows.

There are free alternatives that can do the same... Personally I
wouldn't use anything that just hides windows.

George


in message
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Hi George. Oh I didn't know that AltDesk uses the Hide() and Show() methods.
Might explain why the Play/Pause button on my multimedia keyboard does work
in any desktop. Yes I also like their desktop replacements as well. Both
Aston1 and Aston2 are very nice IMHO. As I use them all of the time.

--
Bill
2 Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2
3 Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
2 Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 1GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2 ~ Xandros Linux - Puppy - Ubuntu
 
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