VirtualDesktop

1.5.8

VirtualDesktop is a module that provides commandlets to manage virtual desktops of Windows 10 and 11.

* New-Desktop, Switch-Desktop, Remove-Desktop to control desktops
* Get-DesktopCount, Get-CurrentDesktop, Get-Desktop and others to query desktops
* Move-Window, (Un)Pin-Window, (Un)Pin-Application to control windows on desktops
* only Windows 10 2004 and up: Ge
VirtualDesktop is a module that provides commandlets to manage virtual desktops of Windows 10 and 11.

* New-Desktop, Switch-Desktop, Remove-Desktop to control desktops
* Get-DesktopCount, Get-CurrentDesktop, Get-Desktop and others to query desktops
* Move-Window, (Un)Pin-Window, (Un)Pin-Application to control windows on desktops
* only Windows 10 2004 and up: Get-DesktopName and Set-DesktopName
* only Windows 11: Move-Desktop, Set-DesktopWallpaper and Set-AllDesktopWallpapers
and other commandlets
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Minimum PowerShell version

5.1

Installation Options

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Install-Module -Name VirtualDesktop -RequiredVersion 1.5.8

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Install-PSResource -Name VirtualDesktop -Version 1.5.8

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Owners

Copyright

(c) Markus Scholtes 2024

Package Details

Author(s)

  • Markus Scholtes

Tags

Windows Desktop Virtualdesktop Window

Functions

Get-DesktopCount Get-DesktopList New-Desktop Switch-Desktop Remove-Desktop Remove-AllDesktops Get-CurrentDesktop Get-Desktop Get-DesktopIndex Get-DesktopName Set-DesktopName Set-DesktopWallpaper Set-AllDesktopWallpapers Get-DesktopFromWindow Test-CurrentDesktop Get-LeftDesktop Get-RightDesktop Move-Desktop Move-Window Move-ActiveWindow Test-Window Pin-Window Unpin-Window Test-WindowPinned Pin-Application Unpin-Application Test-ApplicationPinned Get-ConsoleHandle Get-ActiveWindowHandle Find-WindowHandle

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

# 1.5.8 / 2024-05-26
- changes for Win 11 24H2 and fixing of messages
# 1.5.7 / 2024-02-15
- changes for Win 11 3085 and up
# 1.5.6 / 2023-09-18
- bug fix for Win 11 Insider Canary
- Remove-AllDesktops for all versions
# 1.5.5 / 2023-09-02
- bug fix for Win 11 22H2 Build 22621.2215, 2023/09/02
# 1.5.4 / 2023-08-27
- integration of Win 11 22H2 Build 22621.2215 and Insider versions
- Remove-AllDesktops without function on Win 11 22H2 Build 22621.2215 and Insider versions (will soon be fixed)
# 1.5.3 / 2023-06-11
- no flashing icons after switch desktops
# 1.5.2 / 2023-02-19
- support for Windows 11 Insider 25276+
# 1.5.1 / 2022-07-29
- bug fix: desktop for pinned windows and apps are recognized
# 1.5.0 / 2022-03-16
- support for Powershell Core
- support for Windows Server 2022
- support for Windows Terminal
# 1.4.1 / 2021-11-27
- support for Windows 11 Insider build 22449 and up
- version 1.3.2 should have been 1.4.0, so this is 1.4.1
# 1.3.2 / 2021-10-22
- support for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 11
- Set-DesktopName works on current virtual desktop if parameter -desktop is missing
# 1.3.1 / 2021-02-28
- fixes for Get-DesktopIndex
# 1.3.0 / 2020-11-28
- compatible to Powershell Core 7.0 (but not 7.1 or up)
- parameter -PassThru for Set-DesktopName (by sirAndros)
# 1.2.0 / 2020-06-27
- support for desktop names introduced with Win 10 2004
- new functions Get-DesktopList, Get-DesktopName and Set-DesktopName
- desktop name as parameter for many functions
- support for verbose output
# 1.1.0 / 2019-09-04
- new function Find-WindowHandle
# 1.0.1 / 2019-08-22
- Fixed examples
# 1.0.0 / 2019-06-03
- First stable release (hope so)

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
1.5.9 20,459 9/21/2024
1.5.8 (current version) 25,651 5/26/2024
1.5.7 13,548 2/15/2024
1.5.6 8,046 9/21/2023
1.5.5 443 9/2/2023
1.5.4 3,238 8/27/2023
1.5.3 937 6/17/2023
1.5.2 1,819 2/19/2023
1.5.1 1,887 7/30/2022
1.5.0 1,162 3/16/2022
1.4.1 1,067 11/28/2021
1.3.2 265 10/22/2021
1.3.1 1,388 2/28/2021
1.3.0 443 11/28/2020
1.2.0 658 6/27/2020
1.1.0 1,036 9/6/2019
1.0.1 60 8/22/2019
1.0.0 224 6/3/2019
0.0.0 73 5/20/2019
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