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Yesterday I wrote about an Alt-Tab Replacement offered on the Microsoft Power Toys website. I mentioned how this is a great tool for speeding up development when you are working with many windows open on your desktop. While the Alt-Tab Replacement helps you find your windows more easily, it doesn't help organize them. There is however another Power Toy which may interest many developers...! Virtual Desktop Manager is a tool which runs in your task bar, allowing you to switch between four virtual desktops. Each desktop is your actual desktop, though you can give each a unique background. The main purpose of the tool is to allow you to stay organized if you are a heavy multi-tasker. How is it useful? Well, when you Alt-Tab, you switch to the next window. With Virtual Desktop Manager, you group windows on up to four different desktops. You can then set hot-keys to switch between them. For example, I have set ALT-1 to switch to my first desktop, ALT-2 to my second, etc... If I am developing a website, I will definitely want to test the site in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, etc... With Virtual Desktop Manager, I can use my set hot-keys to switch to any grouping of windows I have defined, rather than just to the next window. ALT-1 can bring up my desktop with all my Firefox windows, Alt-2 my desktop with all my Internet Explorer windows, etc...!
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