Running virtual desktops (like Spaces on Mac OS) on Windows 7
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.)
Yes, you can use virtual desktops in Windows utilizing the Sysinternals tools. Desktops is the module you want to use.
Check with your video card vendor.
Nvidia had a "virtual desktop" utility that worked like my KDE Workspaces functionality.
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.