Virtual Desktop Software Reviews and Downloads

XDESK

Powerful & stable Virtual Desktop Manager / Desktop Assistant - features QuickView, AppBar, powerful rules, Reminders & Alarms, CPU meter, Applications AutoRestart, Memory Cleaner, TaskList, HotKeys, HotMouse, Mouse-Scrolling, Mouse-Knocking, HotCorners, windows roll-up and more!

Talisman

Create custom-made interfaces for your PC. create and add almost any type of object to the desktop, and attach any type of internal shell command or run any application. add background pictures to the desktop and add sounds to different events. One of the best Window managers I have seen.

ObjectDock

ObjectDock is a desktop toolbar, that acts as an program launcher, as well as a task manger to access currently running programs. It offers cool mouseover animation effects and displays thumbnails of open window to easily switch between applications. You can also drag and drop your favorite folders or programs onto the toolbar to add a shortcut for easy access. ObjectDock also includes a weather feature that displays current conditions for your US zip code, as well as access to My Computer, and analog clock display and more.

Enable Virtual Desktop

enable Virtual Desktop allows you to maintain multiple desktop environments, each with their own programs, backgrounds and desktop size. You can easily switch between desktops using keyboard hotkeys, system tray icons or a small desktop manager window. Other features include the ability to move windows between desktops, display a window on multiple desktops, set transparency and create rules for window size, position and more. Other features include a screen capture feature and support for multiple monitors.

VirtuaWin

This software is a small, fast and easy to use virtual desktopmanager for Windows9x/NT/2000 with no unnecessary features. It indicates current desktop in the system tray forsaving space. A lot of configuration possibilities for both mouse and key control. It also supports modules for adding features without decreasing performance in VirtuaWin itself.

Ballet Browser

Discover the tips, tricks, and techniques used by professional ballet dancers. Gain Access to the hottest ballet sites on the net and browse through the questions, answers, photos, and products on balletinfo.com

Aston

Aston Shell is a powerful, fast, stable and flexible shell replacement application. Aston, running with its most feature-packed Eye Candy Themes, usually consumes about half the RAM that Windows XP Desktop normally needs. It is known to be one of the most stable Windows shells ever. You do not have to own a powerful computer to run Aston. You can easily tweak any parameter of your Aston Desktop using a simple GUI interface.

Pilates Portal

Gain Access to the Top Pilates Websites and add your favorite sites to the list.

BladeBox eXtreme

BladeBox eXtreme enables you to create virtual, AES encrypted drive volumes that can be used to store your sensitive files. These virtual drives can be accessed just like any other drive, however once they are unmounted, the drives and their content are hidden and no longer accessible without the proper password. Even while a virtual drive is mounted, the data is encrypted on-the-fly, making sure that your files are always protected. BladeBox eXtreme allows you to create drives with fixed sizes, or dynamically adjusting size. It also includes a unique `Honeypot` feature that allows you to specify a secondary password that, if used, will open decoy volume (with other files) instead of the real volume containing your sensitive material. The program also includes program level access restrictions that allow you to limit which programs can access files on a protected volume. Other features include auto-locking, hotkey mounting/unmounting and more.

9Desks

9Desks enables you to use up to 9 virtual desktops to manage your applications more efficiently. Instead of having multiple windows cluttering your desktop and task bar, you can move applications to a different desktop, and switch between them as needed. Or use it to create task related desktops along with work desktops or personal work spaces. You can easily move applications from one desktop to another by simply drag and drop using the desktop manager. Furthermore, you can create custom rules based on the program window title or class and move automatically move a utility to a specific desktop when it is opened. Other features include hotkey switching, password protection and more.

ManageDesk

ManageDesk enables you to organize a busy desktop by creating up virtual desktops that you can quickly switch to from the system tray. Each desktop can have its individual wallpaper and resolution and the taskbar only shows the applications open on the current desktop. You can switch between desktops from the system tray, via keyboard shortcut or middle mouse button. You can also hide windows and the taskbar and access reboot options from the tray icon menu. The program works well and maintains the correct icon layout between desktops, even if the resolution is different. ManageDesk also includes a process viewer, a DLL viewer, memory manager

FK Desktop

If you have installed a lot of applications, surely your desktop is full with icons and shortcuts to different archives and folders. The result is that you do not find anything. FK Desktop will help you to order your screen. With FK Desktop you can create as many desktops as you wish. On each one you can create up to 48 shortcuts to applications, folders or archives. Create a Desktop for your business applications, another one for your private applications, or games, or multimedia, or a desktop with shortcuts to applications or archives of a special project, etc., etc.

Super X Desktop

This program allows you to run up to 100 virtual desktops on your computer. You can set captions and wallpapers for each desktop, and run applications on separate desktops as well.

WinVMD

WinVMD is a Windows virtual multi-desktop software which can create multi virtual desktops. You can run different programs on different virtual destop. WinVMD allows you to switch from one desktop to another one with a custom hotkey or main window. If you want to do some private things or online surfing at work or some other places, WinVMD can help you. You can use one desktop to do your main job, the other one to do your private jobs or online surfing. If you hear someone comes in, WinVMD will help you to escape by using your custom hotkey to swith to your main desktop.

DesktopX

Completely change the Windows desktop into anything you want it to be. Enhance your desktop by giving Windows the ability to have real objects on the desktop. Objects include clocks, stock tickers, calendars, weather monitors, living creatures, and thousands of other objects or widgets. Developers can use Javascript or VBScript to make their objects fully scriptable. DesktopX can even make your existing desktop look better by allowing you to have icons sized independently from the rest of the system as well as add mouse event effects.

Desktop Sidebar

Desktop Sidebar is a toolbar that tightly integrates with Windows features and MS Outlook. It is built out of different components, each can be individually configured. Options include Outlook email overview, preview, notes, calendar entries (mail items can be previewed directly from the bar) as well as performance statistics, disk space usage, customizable mews headlines, access to Google and other search engines and more. Desktop Sidebar also integrates Windows Media Player controls, the QuickLaunch bar, commandline launcher and more. You can add new items and configure the layout and design in many aspects. The program is nicely done and makes a very attractive and useful add-on for your desktop. It can be displayed permanently or auto-hide itself when not in use.

Windows Desktop Manager Pro

You can download the Visual Basic source files from www.windeskman.com Win Desktop Manager Pro is a virtual desktop software that allows you to change desktops. Here are some key features of "Win Desktop Manager Pro": ?Different Desktop shortcuts and Quick Launch shortcuts for each desktops?Easy Switching between desktops using Popup menu or using user definable hotkeys.?Mouse over tray icon reveals tool tip signifying current desktop.?Hotkeys for each desktop.?Take appropriate actions on running applications while closing Win Desktop Manager.?Notification message when shutting windows without closing Win Desktop Manager?Add and Delete of desktops as per requirements.?Close all applications running on a or all desktops.?View Snapshots of each desktop user has switched to and applications running on each desktop.?Move applications between desktops by simply right clicking them.?Set different hotkeys for each desktop in setting window and also name desktops for easy identification.?Close Unwanted Applications without actually switching to that desktop

SphereXP

The SphereXP is a 3D desktop replacement for Microsoft Windows XP. Taking the known concept of three-dimensional desktops to its own level. SphereXP is a software that replaces windows desktop and organize objects on the desktop. It offers a new way to organize objects on the desktop such a icons and applications.

Dexpot

Dexpot allows you to create multiple, virtual desktops to increase the work area of your screen by up to 20 times. Each virtual desktop is independent from the others and can have its individual wallpaper, resolution, and icons (or no icons at all). You can easily switch between desktops from the tray icon, or via hotkey, or even use an automatic desktop slideshow that rotates all virtual desktops. In addition, you can move and copy windows from one desktop to another among the desktops, set up rules to automatically move, copy or close windows and more. Dexpot is one of the most advanced desktop managers out there, that is easy enough for beginners, but offers some excellent flexibility for more demanding users as well.

Windows Desktop Manager Basic

Win Desktop Manager provides ten virtual desktops that can run concurrently. Using the snapshots, you can see the applications running in each desktop and even switch between desktop.

WinStep Full Pak

NextSTART and Workshelf allow you to access control panels, applications, system tools and disks easily. You will not have to spend hours hand-editing text configuration files, and you will not need to re-instate your preferred functions each time you change your theme.

Naevius Wallpaper Changer

Naevius Wallpaper Changer will help those, who is sick and tired of looking at the same wallpaper over and over again. Program has the convenient interface and preview. It can draw a transparent calendar onto wallpapers. Program has ability to show information of wallpapers (dimensions and file size).

Chimera Virtual Desktop

Create up to nine separate virtual desktops and move applications between desktops. Use tabs, hotkeys, mouse gestures, drag-and-drop interface and other methods to manage your desktops and windows. Distinct wallpapers, desktop and quicklaunch icon sets can be setup per desktop.

VMware Workstation

This software is desktop virtualization software for software developers/testers and enterprise IT professionals. It allows users to run multiple x86-based operating systems, including Windows, Linux, NetWare, and Solaris x86, and their applications simultaneously on a single PC in fully networked, portable virtual machines- no rebooting or hard drive partitioning required. It drastically accelerates the software development/testing process, increases user and team productivity, and enables hardware consolidation.

myDesktop Online

myDesktop Online allows to to share snapshots of your desktop with other people via your web site. The program takes periodic captures (every X seconds) and automatically uploads the snapshot to an FTP server of your choice. Supported image formats include BMP, GIF, PNG, and JPG (with variable quality compression). myDesktop Online also supports multiple monitors and will capture your full virtual desktop. Furthermore, the program also allows you to specify keywords or phrases that will exclude certain windows from capture, which is useful to avoid private information being captured.

MoodBook

MoodBook allows you to rotate your desktop wall paper among 75 art images that are intended to boost your mood. You can switch at regular time intervals, or manually, with a click on the tray icon. The combination of the mostly abstract art pictures and the background color are supposed to influence your mental state. The program comes with 75 images included, additional art packs are available for purchase. You cannot use your own images or backgrounds with this application.

RK Launcher

RK Launcher is a visually pleasing replacement for the Windows taskbar, that closely resembles the McIntosh taskbar with full color icons and mouseover animation effects (zooming). It automatically keeps track of minimized Windows and newly installed programs, and also functions as an program launcher that you can use to launch your favorite programs by simply dragging them onto the taskbar. Advanced users can fully customize the appearance via configuration files.

Multi Screen Emulator

Create and configure up to eight virtual screens to simplify switching between different tasks. The switching of virtual screens is performed by using the MSEW panel or by hot keys. This useful tool allows you to distribute applications to different virtual screens and to manage switching among them.

Oban MultiDesk Expert

This multiple desktop management tool takes up little resources, does not crash when exiting and rearranges the windows in the default desktop. You can have 3 to 9 additional virtual desktops, allowing you to switch between them and divide all the running applications and other windows between them. It enables you to set wallpaper for each desktop, and the wallpaper can be changed automatically when switching desktops. It also supports changing wallpaper at fixed interval minutes. MultiDesk expert allows a window or desktop icon to be made global making it visible on all of the virtual desktops. It also allows a window or desktop icon to be made invisible on all of the virtual desktops. Supports hotkeys.

Ultradesk

This virtual desktop manager lets you have multiple desktops, and you can have different windows and applications running in each desktop.

JS Pager Virtual Desktop

lets you use up to 100 times more screen space on your Windows desktop. JS Pager Virtual Desktop creates a grid where each square of the grid corresponds to a screen surface where windows can be placed. The program has a skinable interface which gives you total control over its size and appearance. The interface contains a map to all desktops and windows, and you can move windows to any desktop with a single mouse operation. JS Pager can be configured to have different wallpapers on every desktop and you can assign hotkeys or use the mouse scroll feature for desktop switching. The program can handle frozen windows and roll-ups that refuse to move outside the screen. It can also be configured to hide any invisible window from the taskbar. Seven skins and a built-in skin editor are included.

Active Desktop

This active desktop add-on provides three dynamic display options.

Enhanced Virtual Desktops

This program allows you to have up to nine virtual desktops for program management. The program stays in the tray area. The program can navigate on all open applications, move a window from a desktop to another and show all open applications. It supports auto-start and hotkeys.

Game Arena

Using the Game Arena desktop you can create shortcuts, and label any of your executables with different priority classes. If the target file which is to be linked by any of shortcuts is deleted, the program will remove the appropriate shortcut automatically, but won't delete it, so if the target file was restored, the program replaces the shortcut.

DesktopPlus

Create up to 9 Virtual Desktops, divide your standard Windows desktop among them and individually organize, arrange and configure them. Each Virtual Desktop can have its own set of applications, desktop icons, color scheme, wallpaper, resolution and frequency. You can automatically start applications on individual desktops. You can switch between desktops with a single key combination, the toolbar or the tray icons.

urVirtualDesktops

This program creates multiple desktops and leverages existing screen space. Desktops can be created to divide work areas, freeing your desktop and start bar of windows and processes.

Virtual Desktop Toolbox

This program dynamically creates multiple virtual or non-virtual desktops. You can organize programs and windows by categories in different desktops, share programs and windows between desktops, and group your desktops within a virtual screen.

Athene Desktop Edition

This desktop system is based on XML and an object-oriented foundation. It builds itself at runtime with user-editable XML scripts, which means that you can modify the entire system. Three GUIs are included, including Windows and Amiga interfaces that are accurate clones of their counterparts. Athene applications are compatible between Linux and Windows operating systems.

Private Desktop

This program allows you hide your desktop with the push of a button. You can keep a second password-protected desktop with all of your private applications. Access to this desktop can be completely customized, its toolbar icon can be made either very small or invisible, and hotkeys can be assigned.

Fresh Desktop

This program lets you manage collections of wallpapers for your desktop. Fresh Desktop changes your wallpaper at specified intervals, creates slideshow screen savers with 150 kinds of transition effects from the pictures in your collection, and shows a calendar and a daily notice on your desktop. Fresh Desktop integrates a picture downloader that can search pictures that meet your specifications from Web sites and download them automatically.

decontis DeskCenter

DeskCenter lets you create and switch between up to 9 additional desktops on your Windows workstation. It contains a central Desktop Control Center running on the main desktop and decentral DeskJumpers on each Desktop created by the program, which let you switch between the desktops with a single mouse click or free configurable hotkeys. For each desktop separate settings can be pre-configured - from the screen resolution, color depth and monitor frequency up to programs, which shall be started automatically on the desktop upon start of the desktop. Furthermore the program maintains desktop thumbnails for a convenient overview, if several desktops are opened simultaneously. Another sophisticated feature is the notification feature between desktops. The program can send notifications from hidden desktops to the active desktop, if e.g. on a hidden desktop a window is opened or closed (e.g. if a utility needs the attention of the user to proceed).

Screen Privacy

This program allows you to hide and restore windows by pressing a secret key. You can hide private windows or all windows, desktop icons, the taskbar and system tray, and stop Winamp. You can create lists of private applications, public applications and blacklists.

Transparent Windows

This program allows you to view the contents of windows below the one you are working with. It can also be used to disguise windows and make your MSN messenger window virtually transparent so no one can see what you are typing.

NextSTART

This shell enhancement replaces your Start Menu, Systray, and Taskbar. You can easily switch between themes in seconds, instead of the hassle of switching shells, which is a definite plus for any shell enhancement.

IBDesk

This software enables multiple desktops in Windows. Desktop switching is done through tray pop-up menu or customized hotkeys. It provides different display settings and separate auto-run lists for each desktop.

Martin Transparent Windows

With this program, you can view the contents of windows below the one in which you're working. It can also be used to disguise windows and make your MSN messenger window virtually transparent no one can see what you are typing.

AnotherDesk

AnotherDesk is a virtual desktop manager that creates multiple desktops. It is small, stable, fast, easy to use and can improve your efficiency.In order to focus on one thing, you can switch to a special desktop rather than look for a certain program on a crowded desktop. For example, you can open all workgroup-related programs on one desktop, all of the documents for a special project on a second desktop, all Internet-related programs on a third desktop, and so on. You can switch between desktops by hotkey or tray icon.

DreamRender

Replace your desktop wallpaper with 3D animation. You can create your own effects or just download effects from the the online Dream catalog.

Cool Desk

This program provides up to nine virtual desktops with different windows in each.

Hi-Desktop

Hi-Desktop - By using this software, you can Protect your privacy. For example, you can use Hi-Desktop1 to listen music, while reading information in Hi-Desktop2, and so on (We can provide you with 9 Hi-Desktops). When someone passes you by, you can switch current Hi-Desktop to any other Hi-Desktop, and hide all windows which are not be seen by any people. All these can be done within a second by a shortcut, so all the things you are doing wont be seen. It is excellent and useful!

User Manager Pro

With this program an administrator can make mass changes to the local SAM database of their workstations and servers.

Mizo - XP Themer

This adds Win XP's visual enhancements and themes to older programs. It also adds Win XP's UI enhancements to newer applications in which they are not supported.

Desktop Spectator

Desktop Spectator is a hip software tool that helps you to run more programs and open more windows without getting the screen too crowded. When a lot of windows are opened in the current desktop and you have not work space you switch to another desktop, which appears blank - and continue working in that one.

AltDesk

This program creates alternative interchangeable desktops with a single mouse click. It's easily minimized and offers clear-cut options.

Double Desktop Switcher

This makes two virtual desktops instead of one. Just press the F12 key or the program's icon in the system tray and get a new fully functional desktop. Just click again to switch to the previous desktop.

Virtual Desk

Virtual Desktop is a desktop manager to create many virtual desktops and switch among them. With Virtual Desktop, your computer screen seems being enlarged many times. You can organize your windows and put related windows into one desktop and keep your screen clear and well organized. Virtual Desktop provide you three methods to switch among desktops: switching window, shortcuts and hotkeys. Additionally, skin and many features are configurable.

Desktop Manager Deluxe

This program lets you prioritize your windows and keep order on your desktop. It lets you create up to four virtual desktops and enhance selected program windows with new abilities. For instance, you can set them to stay always on top of other windows or hide them away behind the desktop edge.

Perfect Screens Lite

Computers are still faster, with more and more memory and bigger hard drives and make it possible for users to install and run many applications. But there is just one computer screen to arrange all the applications on it and there is just one overloaded Start menu to start program from. The Perfects Screens, award-winning desktop management utility, can bring a user whole new dimension to working on computer. The ability to arrange all the work to several virtual screens (desktops) gives the user better survey on running and installed applications. Running applications are spread out to several virtual screens and the user is not confused by many overlapping windows and can switch among applications quickly. Installed applications are available for quick start from program toolbars (each virtual screen has its own toolbar!). Applications can be easily copied/moved from one screen to another and the user has all the power to arrange desktop a way that allows you to work efficiently. Features: unlimited number of virtual screens, each screen has its own program toolbar and screen menu, quick program and file and directory access, sticky windows, user-defined hot-keys, multi-user network support, copy/move applications between screens, drag dropfrom one screen to another, auto-hide, easy to configure, intuitive, contemporary look and feel, install/uninstall support, different wallpapers on different screens, more.

Perfect Screens Pro

The Perfects Screens, award-winning desktop management utility, can bring a user whole new dimension to working on computer. The ability to arrange all the work to several virtual screens (desktops) gives the user better survey on running and installed applications. Running applications are spread out to several virtual screens and the user is not confused by many overlapping windows and can switch among applications quickly. Installed applications are available for quick start from program toolbars (each virtual screen has its own toolbar!). Applications can be easily copied/moved from one screen to another and the user has all the power to arrange desktop a way that allows you to work efficiently.Installation program automatically creates four basic screens: Office screen, File screen, System screen and Network screen. Most popular applications already installed on the computer hard drive are automatically detected and added to screens toolbars thus.

Desktop Manager

Desktop Manager is a Wallpaper and Screensaver changer manager along with a calendar/alarm of important dates. To those who have many beautiful pictures and exciting screen savers and who can't decide which one is the most beautiful, which one deserve of being set onto Windows desktop