

If you’re a Windows power user, you should get familiar with the SysInternals tools. Sysinternals was once a third-party collection of tools, but the Sysinternals tools are so useful and powerful that Microsoft bought them all a few years ago. You don’t have to pay up, deal with nag screens, or deal with a cluttered application to use them.ĭownload Desktops v2.0 from MIcrosoft’s Windows Sysinternals site. The tool is small, lightweight, and free. While Microsoft’s Virtual Desktops PowerToy hasn’t worked since Windows XP, they do provide another tool that will let you use virtual desktops on modern versions of Windows.

You need a tool to enable it, like Microsoft’s Virtual Desktops PowerToy for Windows XP once did. Windows has actually had API support for virtual desktops since Windows NT 4, but there’s no user interface around it. But Windows 7 and 8 already have some virtual desktop features - they’re just hidden under the hood. Windows 9 looks like it will finally include virtual desktops, a feature Linux and Mac users have been enjoying for years.
